Weather Records on 16 August 1916

147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1916. Highest significance: Berthong, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1916

On 16 August 1916, 147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 147 daily.
Berthong set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 16 August 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

147 stations

147 station records on 16 August 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burburgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morangarell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

147 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 16 August 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1916

Top 20 records on 16 August 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1916	Berthong, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Yalgogrin South, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Burburgate, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Morangarell, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Athol 1, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Bygoo, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	Narra Allen, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1916	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 years	20 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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 147 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 August 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 5	82
5 to 10	36
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	3