Weather Records on 16 August 1922

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1922. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1922

On 16 August 1922, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 146 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 16 August 1922.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 16 August 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Badlingham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Streatham (Pretty Tower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 88.

Records on 16 August 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1922 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1922

Top 20 records on 16 August 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1922	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1922	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1922	Brinkley, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Warragul, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Portland, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Quebec, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Portland, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Cantara, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Normanville, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Wartook Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1922	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	36 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 148 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	114
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2