Weather Records on 22 August 2008

869 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2008. Highest significance: Titusville, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 2008

On 22 August 2008, 869 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 839 daily.
Titusville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 218.4 mm (8.6 in) on 22 August 2008.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

869 stations

869 station records on 22 August 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jiquipilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iuka	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jesup 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

869 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 22 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2008

Top 20 records on 22 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2008	Titusville, US	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2008	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Dillenburg, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Cerralvo (Dge), MX	monthly rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Sanford, US	monthly rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Booneville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Weldon Spring NWS, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Kinloss, GB	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Lisbon, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	all-time rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Jacksonville Beach, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Jacksonville NAS, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Paras, MX	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Longview, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Jiquipilco, MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Virginia City, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2008	Lord Howe Island Aero, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 869 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	574
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2