Weather Records on 16 August 1983

1,251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1983. Highest significance: Mont-Aigoual, FR.

Key Facts for 16 August 1983

On 16 August 1983, 1,251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
630 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,190 daily.
Mont-Aigoual set a daily record precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 16 August 1983.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,251 stations

1,251 station records on 16 August 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	463.5 mm (18.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mulyungarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sugozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stojba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,251 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 331, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 427.

Records on 16 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	331
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	427
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 49, daily 1,190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,014 broken records

Margins by which the 1,014 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1983

Top 20 records on 16 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1983	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1983	Kawaguchiko, JP	all-time rain	463.5 mm (18.2 in)	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	1 year	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1983	Mulyungarie, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1983	San Felipe, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Bataquez, MX	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Byssa, RU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	El Rosarito, MX	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Oracle 2 SE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Sugozero, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Cedar City AP, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Stojba, RU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	American River, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1983	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	127 years	45 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 1,251 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 25	976
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1