Weather Records on 16 August 2014

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2014. Highest significance: Albany, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 2014

On 16 August 2014, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 619 daily.
Albany set a monthly record daily precipitation of 156.2 mm (6.1 in) on 16 August 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 16 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Dwr Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wansey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Rch HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 289.

Records on 16 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2014

Top 20 records on 16 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2014	Albany, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2014	Boothulla, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Koumala Hatfields Road, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Kirksville Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Blockton 1W, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Beechal, AU	monthly rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2014	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	White Cliffs (Kayrunnera), AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Kahmoo, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Menindee Dwr Depot, AU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Milan, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Coreena, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Gundare, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2014	Perola Park, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 640 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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Data for records on 2014-08-16: 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	469
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1