Weather Records on 16 August 1964

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1964. Highest significance: Kosciusko, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1964

On 16 August 1964, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 621 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 780 daily.
Kosciusko set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 16 August 1964.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 16 August 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kondapar	India	Record daily precipitation	203.4 mm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 347, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 274, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 16 August 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	347
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	274
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1964 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 48, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1964

Top 20 records on 16 August 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1964	Kosciusko, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Edinburg, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Louisville, US	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Sirmuthra, IN	all-time rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Bowie, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Macon 2 NE, US	all-time rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Lampasas, US	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1964	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Hewitt, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Burnet, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Llano, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Taipak, KZ	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	San Saba, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Holly Bluff, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1964	Canton 1 SW, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 years	44 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1964. 1964 had 831 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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Data for records on 1964-08-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	600
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1