Weather Records on 1 August 2014

853 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2014. Highest significance: Minden, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 2014

On 1 August 2014, 853 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 354 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 823 daily.
Minden set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 1 August 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

853 stations

853 station records on 1 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Esler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ebbetts Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allatoona Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spartanburg 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

853 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 268, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 1 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	268
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2014

Top 20 records on 1 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2014	Minden, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2014	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2014	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2014	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	121 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2014	Ninety Nine Is, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Dardanelle, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Alexandria Esler Fld, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Sofia, BG	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Duncan, US	all-time rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Conway, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Searcy, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	118 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Arcadia, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Ebbetts Pass, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Malvern, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Rison, US	monthly low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2014	Fordyce, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	103 years	50 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

1797 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2014. 2014 had 853 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2014-08-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	649
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1