Weather Records on 10 August 2016

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 2016. Highest significance: Stamford 1, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 2016

On 10 August 2016, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
395 were record highs and 341 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 872 daily.
Stamford 1 set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 10 August 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 10 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flattop Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Falls Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 320, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 10 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	320
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 2016

Top 20 records on 10 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 2016	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	102 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2016	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2016	Cross City 1 E, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Napoleon, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Bradford Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Sykeston, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Flattop Mtn., US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Jamestown Muni AP, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Lemmon, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Tellico Plains, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Meridian Key Fld, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	137 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Bowman, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Titusville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2016	Warren, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	119 years	46 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

1814 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2016. 2016 had 893 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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 20	658
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1