Weather Records on 16 August 1953

558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1953. Highest significance: Blinman, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1953

On 16 August 1953, 558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 552 daily.
Blinman set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 16 August 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

558 stations

558 station records on 16 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kherwara	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suvasaratappa	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	205.5 mm (8.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

558 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 364.

Records on 16 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 146.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1953

Top 20 records on 16 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1953	Blinman, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Belur, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Amyton (Pinda Section 63), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Holyoke, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Dindori, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Kherwara, IN	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Pimpalgaon, IN	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Idar, IN	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Hangal, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Mudigere, IN	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Hooker, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1953	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 558 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	430
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1