Weather Records on 16 August 2015

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2015. Highest significance: Gilserberg-Moischeid, DE.

Key Facts for 16 August 2015

On 16 August 2015, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 796 daily.
Gilserberg-Moischeid set an all-time record daily precipitation of 107.3 mm (4.2 in) on 16 August 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 16 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dedemsvaart	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eschwege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rheezerveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Twenthe-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Muren	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bocholt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Enschede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swifterbant	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sontra	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weissensee-Ottenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winschoten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Borculo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alsfeld-Eifa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burgwald-Bottendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vaassen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borisoglebsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nijbeets	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 16 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 39, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2015

Top 20 records on 16 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2015	Gilserberg-Moischeid, DE	all-time rain	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2015	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Dedemsvaart, NL	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Eschwege, DE	monthly rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Rheezerveen, NL	monthly rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Rouveen, NL	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Zweelo, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Blokzijl, NL	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Kuinre, NL	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Twenthe-1, NL	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Gottingen, DE	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Muren, MN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2015	Bocholt, DE	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Doetinchem, NL	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Enschede, NL	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Joure, NL	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Rekken, NL	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Weerselo, NL	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2015	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	54 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 841 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	562
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1