Weather Records on 1 August 2023

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2023. Highest significance: Grantsville 2W, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 2023

On 1 August 2023, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 601 daily.
Grantsville 2W set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 1 August 2023.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 1 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vadstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trokorna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley 9S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casper Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Motala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vail Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berthoud Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scofield-Skyline Mine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hailar	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hammer Odde Fyr-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts	Cayman Islands [United Kingdom]	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 1 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2023

Top 20 records on 1 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2023	Grantsville 2W, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	77 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Gillette 3SE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	117 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Vadstena, SE	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Guernsey: Airport, GB	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Tulcea, RO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2023	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Chillicothe 2S, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Cheesman, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Hjo, SE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Sorve, EE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	123 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Trokorna, SE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Golden Valley 9S, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2023	Summit Ranch, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	48 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

1797 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2023. 2023 had 627 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2023-08-01: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	471
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1