Weather Records on 16 August 1971

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1971. Highest significance: Northampton, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1971

On 16 August 1971, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 632 daily.
Northampton set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 16 August 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

641 stations

641 station records on 16 August 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shady Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yealering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kolyvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troitskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 240.

Records on 16 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1971

Top 20 records on 16 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1971	Northampton, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1971	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Newberry, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Pee Dee, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Valentine 10 WSW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Kondut, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Pearl, US	all-time rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Coorow, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Perenjori, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Tenosique (Smn), MX	monthly rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Nardy, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Morris, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Alliston, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Podor, SN	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Shady Grove, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Douglas, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1971	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 641 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).