Weather Records on 16 August 1984

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1984. Highest significance: Serpentine (East Loddon), AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1984

On 16 August 1984, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 641 daily.
Serpentine (East Loddon) set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 16 August 1984.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 16 August 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avangard Zernosovho	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acaiaca-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zapotitlan de Mendez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian del Oeste	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Topia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guanghua	China	Record low minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 16 August 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 641.

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 75.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1984

Top 20 records on 16 August 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1984	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1984	Ust-Oloj, RU	monthly rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1984	Arco, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Avangard Zernosovho, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Ternej, RU	daily rain	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Minersville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Howe, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Kotzebue AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Kirovskij, RU	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Arthur 4NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Pearsall, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Oravska Lesna, SK	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Bad Lobenstein, DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Bikin, RU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	Redig 11 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1984	San Bartolo, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	12 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 662 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 10	440
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1