Weather Records on 16 August 1985

1,063 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1985. Highest significance: Amite, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1985

On 16 August 1985, 1,063 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,032 daily.
Amite set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 16 August 1985.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,063 stations

1,063 station records on 16 August 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kentwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans D P S 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tullochard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Algiers	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mittie 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daymar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,063 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 622.

Records on 16 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	622
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 1,032.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

884 broken records

Margins by which the 884 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1985

Top 20 records on 16 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1985	Amite, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Collins, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Alexandria, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Murrindindi, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Bogalusa, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Frogmore, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1985	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Kentwood, US	monthly rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Stockinbingal General Store, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Parnu, EE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Columbia, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1985	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	55 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 1,063 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-08-16: 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	771
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	5