Weather Records on 16 August 2011

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2011. Highest significance: Susendal, NO.

Key Facts for 16 August 2011

On 16 August 2011, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
428 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 873 daily.
Susendal set a daily record precipitation of 54.5 mm (2.1 in) on 16 August 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 16 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buholmrasa Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Brimfield Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marsliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sunapee	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Solberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storfinnforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hogland	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrktasjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Gil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gielas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lavia Riiho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oripaa Teinikivi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ransaren_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utgard	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 300.

Records on 16 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 16, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2011

Top 20 records on 16 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2011	Susendal, NO	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2011	Amherst, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2011	Sorli, NO	monthly rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2011	Newburyport, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2011	Craig, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2011	Storrs, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Oksningoy, NO	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Sodus 1W, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Tunnsjo, NO	all-time rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Buholmrasa Fyr, NO	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Lannas, SE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Matamoras, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Kasa, SE	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Valsjon, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	E Brimfield Lake, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Marsliden, SE	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Franklin Falls Dam, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Marlow, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Mt Sunapee, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2011	Solberg, SE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 896 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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Data for records on 2011-08-16: 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 2026-10-14 (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	533
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	23
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1