Weather Records on 8 August 2015

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2015. Highest significance: Walnut Canyon Nm, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 2015

On 8 August 2015, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
532 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 770 daily.
Walnut Canyon Nm set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 8 August 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 8 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Linguere	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ishigaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seinajoki Pelmaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Fernandez	Chile	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Verkin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balagansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maksimovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 8 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 52, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2015

Top 20 records on 8 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2015	Walnut Canyon Nm, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2015	Island Park, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2015	Linguere, SN	monthly rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Fuzhou, CN	all-time rain	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	117 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Island Park, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Larissa, GR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Austin #2, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Ishigaki, JP	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Rangely 1E, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Alpine, US	monthly high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	St George, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Farson 2NNE, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Nelson, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Green Rvr, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	117 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2015	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	127 years	45 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 835 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 2015-08-08: 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 2026-10-17 (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	665
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1