Weather Records on 16 July 2016

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 2016. Highest significance: Anakie Richardson St, AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 2016

On 16 July 2016, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 664 daily.
Anakie Richardson St set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 16 July 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 16 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Orkabie West Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	279.0 mm (11.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cairo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fairbairn Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.6 mm (10.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mystery Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Talagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abisko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmuir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cardbeign	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jambin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yantumara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durrandella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willows Gemfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaban Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perivale Orchard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyseby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 329.

Records on 16 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 2016

Top 20 records on 16 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 2016	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 July 2016	Osijek, HR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 July 2016	Mys Lopatka, RU	all-time rain	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Capella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Orkabie West Hill, AU	monthly rain	279.0 mm (11.0 in)	185.3 mm (7.3 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Ellendale, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Rewan Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Baratria, AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Kurrajong, AU	monthly rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Cairo, AU	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Fairbairn Dam, AU	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Carmila Beach Road, AU	monthly rain	255.6 mm (10.1 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Ardurad, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Mount Wilkin, AU	monthly rain	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Mystery Park, AU	monthly rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Clermont Sirius St, AU	monthly rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Riverslea Tm, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Talagai, AU	monthly rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2016	Abisko, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	59 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

1798 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2016. 2016 had 706 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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Data for records on 2016-07-16: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	519
25 to 50	65
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1