Weather Records on 8 August 2022

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2022. Highest significance: Tazovskoe, RU.

Key Facts for 8 August 2022

On 8 August 2022, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 674 daily.
Tazovskoe set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 8 August 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 8 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deming Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hicksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xining	China	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 352, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 105.

Records on 8 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	352
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 23, daily 674.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2022

Top 20 records on 8 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2022	Tazovskoe, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 August 2022	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2022	Paulding, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2022	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	111 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2022	Freeport Wwtp, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2022	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Spirit Lake, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	126 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Middleboro, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Evergreen, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Deming Muni AP, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	First Connecticut Lake, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Landsburg, US	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Rockford Gtr Rockford AP, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	123 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Allerton, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Gardiner, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2022	Nantucket Mem AP, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 711 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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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	512
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1