Weather Records on 15 August 2019

435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 2019. Highest significance: Adak AP, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 2019

On 15 August 2019, 435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 421 daily.
Adak AP set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 15 August 2019.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

435 stations

435 station records on 15 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Makedonia	Greece	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uithuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Store Jyndevad	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kahului AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gazandzhyk	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tateyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zlikha	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wajima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aikawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagano	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

435 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 82.

Records on 15 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 7, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 2019

Top 20 records on 15 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 2019	Adak AP, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Makedonia, GR	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Yanji, CN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Guna, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Jixi, CN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Tombstone, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Brownsville, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Oake Marsh Farm, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Takada, JP	all-time high min	30.3 C (86.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Kentfield, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Karwar, IN	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Willows 6 W, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Akita, JP	all-time high min	28.7 C (83.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Uithuizen, NL	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Kodiak AP, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Shinjo, JP	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2019	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	77 years	38 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 435 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 10	291
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2