Weather Records on 14 August 2015

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2015. Highest significance: Schmieritz-Weltwitz, DE.

Key Facts for 14 August 2015

On 14 August 2015, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
743 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 898 daily.
Schmieritz-Weltwitz set a daily record precipitation of 53.7 mm (2.1 in) on 14 August 2015.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 14 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sojna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mediterranee	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sontra	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 422, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 14 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	422
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 26, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2015

Top 20 records on 14 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2015	Schmieritz-Weltwitz, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Kwajalein, MH	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Izmail, UA	daily high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	125 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Oberlin, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Eschwege, DE	all-time high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Kellerberrin, AU	daily low max	8.8 C (47.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Aue, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Marnitz, DE	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Danevang 1 W, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Sojna, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Porthill, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Hillsboro, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Pavillion, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Tangier City, MA	daily low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Burlington, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Elk, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2015	Mediterranee, FR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 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 931 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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Data for records on 2015-08-14: 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 5	646
5 to 10	36
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	4