Weather Records on 16 August 1937

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1937. Highest significance: Glenlee, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1937

On 16 August 1937, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 757 daily.
Glenlee set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 16 August 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 16 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hindmarsh South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 335.

Records on 16 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 58, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1937

Top 20 records on 16 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1937	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Carapook (the Gums), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Watchupga, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Nhill, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Lameroo Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Winiam Clear Bank, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Haiku 490, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Indigo, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1937	Serviceton, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 818 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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Data for records on 1937-08-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	644
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1