Weather Records on 11 August 2016

1,340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2016. Highest significance: Medford, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 2016

On 11 August 2016, 1,340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
715 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,294 daily.
Medford set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 11 August 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,340 stations

1,340 station records on 11 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durand	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tevriz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,340 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 576, Lowest daily minimum 282, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	576
Lowest daily minimum	282
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 34, daily 1,294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,043 broken records

Margins by which the 1,043 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2016

Top 20 records on 11 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2016	Medford, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 August 2016	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	107 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Zion Np, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Dawson, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Mora, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Alma Dam 4, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2016	Plant City, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	117 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Ostrov Golomjannyj, RU	all-time rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	St Peter, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	State College, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Harlingen, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Mason City, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Durand, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Red Wing Dam 3, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2016	Plauen, DE	daily low min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	117 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

1793 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 1,340 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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 2026-10-15 (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 20	993
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2