Weather Records on 14 August 2021

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2021. Highest significance: Gila Bend 2SE, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 2021

On 14 August 2021, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
705 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 886 daily.
Gila Bend 2SE set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 14 August 2021.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 14 August 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zimnegorskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kalac	Russia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benson 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	244.1 mm (9.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sojna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yamaguchi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 413, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 14 August 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	413
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 2021 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 29, daily 886.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2021

Top 20 records on 14 August 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2021	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Zimnegorskij Majak, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Kalac, RU	all-time rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Pearce - Sunsites, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Benson 6SE, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Matsumoto, JP	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2021	Paradise, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Saga, JP	daily rain	244.1 mm (9.6 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Somerset, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Hamada, JP	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Tsuyama, JP	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Hirado, JP	daily rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Buran, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Tellico Plains, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Hita, JP	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Trondheim - Voll, NO	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Sagen, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2021	Cedar Lake, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	50 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 932 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-08-14: 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 20	686
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2