Weather Records on 16 August 1927

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1927. Highest significance: Napoleon, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1927

On 16 August 1927, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 304 daily.
Napoleon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 16 August 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 16 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 16 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1927

Top 20 records on 16 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1927	Napoleon, US	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1927	Minto, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Treherne, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Hartington, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Sigourney, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Mc Minnville, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Olga 2 SE, US	all-time high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Columbus, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Tekamah, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Minnedosa, CA	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1927	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	22 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 314 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	228
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1