Weather Records on 16 August 1941

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1941. Highest significance: Riverton, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1941

On 16 August 1941, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 356 daily.
Riverton set a daily record precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 16 August 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 16 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsburg Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cooeearup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springville Tule Hd	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 16 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1941

Top 20 records on 16 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1941	Riverton, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Bloomsburg Near, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Williamsport, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Culbertson, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Uniontown, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Epping, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Wilgarrup, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Lock Haven, US	all-time rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1941	Denmark, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Bagodar I, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Lake Muir, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Dhampur, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Makaweli 965, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Hoshiarpur, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	32 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 371 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	233
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2