Weather Records on 16 August 1942

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1942. Highest significance: Enosburg Falls, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1942

On 16 August 1942, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 441 daily.
Enosburg Falls set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.6 mm (3.5 in) on 16 August 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 16 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 169.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1942

Top 20 records on 16 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1942	Enosburg Falls, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Safipur, IN	daily rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Dumka, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Sultanpur, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Assobani, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Ambala, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Warwick, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Burlington, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1942	Chatham, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1942	Tbilisi, GE	all-time high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1942	Glenmorgan, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1942	Keene, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 447 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 25	303
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1