Weather Records on 1 August 2016

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2016. Highest significance: Alton, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 2016

On 1 August 2016, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 467 daily.
Alton set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 1 August 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 1 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coconut Is 840.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hoboksar	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pattonsburg 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gdov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisdale (Pappinbarra Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swanage	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Bridgewater)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Truman Dam & Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zheleznodorozhnyj	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piestany	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freedom	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Franklin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petersville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 1 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 28, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2016

Top 20 records on 1 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2016	Alton, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Marshall, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Greenfield, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Lakeside, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Coconut Is 840.1, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2016	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Hoboksar, CN	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Carrollton, US	all-time rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Pattonsburg 2S, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Versailles, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Gdov, RU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Skriveri, LV	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Marshall, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Kaneohe 838.1, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Pali Golf Course 788.1, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Birzai, LT	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Bethany, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2016	Hollisdale (Pappinbarra Rd), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	49 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

1797 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 499 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2016-08-01: 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	366
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2