Weather Records on 16 August 1981

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1981. Highest significance: Gavle, SE.

Key Facts for 16 August 1981

On 16 August 1981, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 745 daily.
Gavle set a daily record precipitation of 80.7 mm (3.2 in) on 16 August 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 16 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leknas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helsingborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Untra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manderson 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hyvlinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dralinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finnbacka_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Granby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusback	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Mathieu Laprairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Hemmings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 385, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	385
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1981

Top 20 records on 16 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1981	Gavle, SE	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Lovsta, SE	all-time rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Orono, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Gysinge, SE	all-time rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Gardiner, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1981	Leknas, SE	all-time rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Helsingborg, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Skultuna, SE	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Anchieta (Dnos), BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Enkoping, SE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Eastport, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Untra, SE	all-time rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1981	Grafton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	48 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 766 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	669
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	463
10 to 20	86
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	11
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2