Weather Records on 16 August 1934

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1934. Highest significance: Mexico, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1934

On 16 August 1934, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 490 daily.
Mexico set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 16 August 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 16 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 16 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1934

Top 20 records on 16 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1934	Mexico, US	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Yatina, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Tuscola, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Hermann, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	New Bremen, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Kenton, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Tallangatta (Bullioh), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Granville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Irwin, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1934	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 504 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 20	319
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2