Weather Records on 16 August 1935

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1935. Highest significance: Indargarh, IN.

Key Facts for 16 August 1935

On 16 August 1935, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 477 daily.
Indargarh set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 16 August 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 16 August 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 16 August 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1935

Top 20 records on 16 August 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1935	Indargarh, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	St. Petersburg, RU	all-time rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Kishanganj, IN	monthly rain	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Uppiliyapuram, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Watrap, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Sendamangalam, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1935	Laurel, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	New England, US	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Hillsboro, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1935	Moscow U of I, US	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	29 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 496 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	327
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1