Weather Records on 16 August 1925

92 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1925. Highest significance: Carabost, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1925

On 16 August 1925, 92 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 87 daily.
Carabost set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 16 August 1925.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

92 stations

92 station records on 16 August 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

92 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 21.

Records on 16 August 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 87.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1925

Top 20 records on 16 August 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1925	Carabost, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1925	Beatrice, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Kargopol, RU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Fayette, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Halifax, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Banff, CA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Owen Sound, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Houston Wb City, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Ediacara, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Port Townsend, US	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Billings Wtp, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Kirov, RU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1925	Hawkinsville, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	24 years	15 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1925. 1925 had 92 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 5	54
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1