Weather Records on 16 August 2016

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2016. Highest significance: Philo, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 2016

On 16 August 2016, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 755 daily.
Philo set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 16 August 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

786 stations

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

Weather records on 16 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flint 7W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bertram 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kondopoga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 21, daily 755.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2016

Top 20 records on 16 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2016	Philo, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Three Rivers, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	119 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Hastings, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Dowagiac 1 W, US	all-time rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2016	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Knox Wwtp, US	all-time rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Charlotte, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Arkansas Post, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Casey, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Hondo, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Midland, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Grand Ledge 1 NW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2016	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	54 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 786 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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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	532
20 to 40	63
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1