Weather Records on 16 August 1996

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1996. Highest significance: Tonichi, MX.

Key Facts for 16 August 1996

On 16 August 1996, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 653 daily.
Tonichi set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 16 August 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 16 August 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tonichi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cienega de Escobar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Togari (Renison Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Canal KM 27+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chanchichimila	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan del Rio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernabe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Airport	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Tetelcingo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 16 August 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1996

Top 20 records on 16 August 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1996	Tonichi, MX	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Oregon, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Redpa (Greenes Road), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Lawrence, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Caransebes, RO	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Everglades, US	monthly high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Beaver City, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Wallace 2W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Petoskey, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Varazdin, HR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Cerro de Ortega, MX	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Pearce - Sunsites, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	95 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Soloneshnoe, RU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Holbrook, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Frontera Hidalgo, MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1996	Cienega de Escobar, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	31 years	35 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 678 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	429
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1