Weather Records on 16 August 1951

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1951. Highest significance: Nikolaev, UA.

Key Facts for 16 August 1951

On 16 August 1951, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 413 daily.
Nikolaev set an all-time record daily precipitation of 138.0 mm (5.4 in) on 16 August 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 16 August 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kashipur	India	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur(Jhirka)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 16 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 5, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1951

Top 20 records on 16 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1951	Nikolaev, UA	all-time rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1951	Belleville, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1951	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Kashipur, IN	daily rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Caguas, PR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Seodha(Seondha), IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Bhandar, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Jennings, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Hammond, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Wien, AT	monthly rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Gloversville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Greenfield Ctr, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Deoband, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1951	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1951	Huntsville, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1951	Meerut Obsy, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1951	Barrie, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1951	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	31 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 423 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	278
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1