Weather Records on 16 August 1920

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1920. Highest significance: Toledo Blade, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1920

On 16 August 1920, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 143 daily.
Toledo Blade set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 16 August 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 16 August 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 16 August 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

124 broken records

Margins by which the 124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1920

Top 20 records on 16 August 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1920	Toledo Blade, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1920	Bologna, IT	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1920	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1920	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1920	Vineland, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Moonta, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Gredgwin (Barraport North), AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Kerang, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1920	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	19 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 144 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	118
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1