Weather Records on 16 August 1936

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1936. Highest significance: Bhawanipatna, IN.

Key Facts for 16 August 1936

On 16 August 1936, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
643 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 709 daily.
Bhawanipatna set a daily record precipitation of 125.5 mm (4.9 in) on 16 August 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 16 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 76.

Records on 16 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1936

Top 20 records on 16 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1936	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1936	Norman 3SSE, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1936	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1936	Lawrence, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Northfield, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Midland 2, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Concord, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Ram/Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	24.9 C (76.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Corning, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Eskridge, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Provincetown 3 NW, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Lawrence, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1936	Ottawa, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 728 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	505
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2