Weather Records on 16 August 1957

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1957. Highest significance: Ungowa Forest Station, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1957

On 16 August 1957, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 398 daily.
Ungowa Forest Station set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 16 August 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 16 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 16 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1957

Top 20 records on 16 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1957	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Buskala Rch, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Akalkot, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Woorarra, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Hebron, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Holdrege, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Abor Downs, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Greenville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1957	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 402 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	298
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1