Weather Records on 7 August 2014

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 2014. Highest significance: Ft Scott, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 2014

On 7 August 2014, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 492 daily.
Ft Scott set a daily record precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 7 August 2014.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 7 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Swede Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest/Pestszentlorinc	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tekirdag	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Truman Dam & Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonganoxie 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lushi	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Aerodrome	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 2014

Top 20 records on 7 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 2014	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 August 2014	Clinton, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	105 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2014	Swede Peak, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Budapest/Pestszentlorinc, HU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Bowling Green 1 E, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Le Mars, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Wanship Dam, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Atchison, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Centralia, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Knoxville, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Kaycee, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Cakir, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Kennebec, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Hoyt 2SE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Salisbury, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Shelbina, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2014	Manila, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 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

1808 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2014. 2014 had 501 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

Download the Data

Data for records on 2014-08-07: 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 10	344
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1