Weather Records on 8 August 2018

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2018. Highest significance: Lake Maumelle, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 2018

On 8 August 2018, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 689 daily.
Lake Maumelle set a daily record precipitation of 142.2 mm (5.6 in) on 8 August 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

731 stations

731 station records on 8 August 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Maumelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mjolkbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammer Odde Fyr-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barth	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turpan	China	Record high minimum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 116.

Records on 8 August 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2018 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 31, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2018

Top 20 records on 8 August 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2018	Lake Maumelle, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2018	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Concord ASOS, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Boras, SE	monthly high max	33.2 C (91.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Newport, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Annex Creek, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Morrilton, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Elfin Cove, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Big Spring, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Blue Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Pelican, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	149 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Paris, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	36.4 C (97.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Petrun, RU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2018	Rybinsk, RU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	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

1793 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 731 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-08-08: 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 2026-10-16 (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	561
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1