Weather Records on 16 August 1930

158 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1930. Highest significance: Wittenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 16 August 1930

On 16 August 1930, 158 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 152 daily.
Wittenberg set a daily record precipitation of 34.1 mm (1.3 in) on 16 August 1930.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

158 stations

158 station records on 16 August 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

158 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 16 August 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 152.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1930

Top 20 records on 16 August 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1930	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Pitea, SE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Schriever, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1930	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Teterow, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Saint John, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly low max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Wien, AT	daily low max	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1930	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	24 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 158 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	107
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1