Weather Records on 1 August 1955

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1955. Highest significance: Nurnberg, DE.

Key Facts for 1 August 1955

On 1 August 1955, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 755 daily.
Nurnberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.6 mm (3.6 in) on 1 August 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 1 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.3 C (111.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 302, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 1 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	302
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 32, daily 755.

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 125.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1955

Top 20 records on 1 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1955	Nurnberg, DE	all-time rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 August 1955	Warralong, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1955	Towera, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Talga Talga, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Raipur, IN	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Tuttlingen, DE	all-time rain	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Iroquois Falls, CA	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Nanded, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	St Catharines, CA	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Metten, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Salome 6 SE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1955	Stratford, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 796 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 1955-08-01: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	551
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1