Weather Records on 15 August 2014

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 2014. Highest significance: Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU.

Key Facts for 15 August 2014

On 15 August 2014, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 571 daily.
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 15 August 2014.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 15 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley 9S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Methow 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seloh Nolem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Terry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karam	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Methow 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 15 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 2014

Top 20 records on 15 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 2014	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 August 2014	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 August 2014	Hirado, JP	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Golden Valley 9S, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Oxford Downs, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Mineral, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Wibaux 2 E, US	all-time rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Methow 2 S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Ellensburg, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Glendive, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	South Comongin, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Parnu, EE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	120 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Big Piney, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Seloh Nolem, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Simferopol, UA	daily high max	36.3 C (97.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Trout Creek, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	56 years	42 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

1793 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 583 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	473
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1