Weather Records on 8 August 2020

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2020. Highest significance: Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU.

Key Facts for 8 August 2020

On 8 August 2020, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 867 daily.
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St) set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 8 August 2020.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 8 August 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Muzi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moulamein (Tchelery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Bundyulumblah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brooman (Carisbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rockleigh (Black Heath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Khan Yunis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens (Darke St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Ran Air Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang Model Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Carreno/A.Gu	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Cherryton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keppel Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 467.

Records on 8 August 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	467
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2020 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 19, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

815 broken records

Margins by which the 815 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2020

Top 20 records on 8 August 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2020	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	153 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 August 2020	Wakool (Calimo), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Muzi, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	121 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Moulamein (Tchelery), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2020	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Polo, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Jerilderie Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Wakool (Barratta), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Conargo (Puckawidgee), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Wanganella (Bundyulumblah), AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Whynot Station, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Nyah (Yarraby Tank), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2020	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	55 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 894 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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Data for records on 2020-08-08: 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	762
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1