Weather Records on 16 August 1926

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1926. Highest significance: Wappingers Falls, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1926

On 16 August 1926, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 165 daily.
Wappingers Falls set a daily record precipitation of 62.7 mm (2.5 in) on 16 August 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 16 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 16 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 165.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1926

Top 20 records on 16 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1926	Wappingers Falls, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1926	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1926	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1926	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Marshall, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	New London, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Appleton City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Savanne, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Lost Creek Near, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Carisbrook, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Fernandina Beach, US	daily low min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1926	Madison, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 165 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 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	93
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2