Weather Records on 8 August 2016

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2016. Highest significance: Olonec, RU.

Key Facts for 8 August 2016

On 8 August 2016, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 540 daily.
Olonec set an all-time record daily precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 8 August 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 8 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Church Buttes Gas Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ims	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Funchal/S.Catarina	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saebo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 8 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2016

Top 20 records on 8 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2016	Olonec, RU	all-time rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	118 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Perry, US	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	140.9 mm (5.5 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2016	Hatlestrand, NO	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Litledal, NO	daily rain	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Moran, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	114 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Alfoten II, NO	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Eikanger - Myr, NO	daily rain	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Tisul, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Teec Nos Pos, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	117 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Ovstedal, NO	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Church Buttes Gas Plt, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Fana - Stend, NO	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Morganton, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2016	Rosendal, NO	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 560 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 2016-08-08: 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	394
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1