Weather Records on 17 August 2016

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 2016. Highest significance: Satna, IN.

Key Facts for 17 August 2016

On 17 August 2016, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 727 daily.
Satna set a daily record precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 17 August 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

748 stations

748 station records on 17 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thorndale	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holmsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hejnum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spicewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aluksne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 241, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 17 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	241
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 2016

Top 20 records on 17 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 2016	Satna, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	Chandbali, IN	daily rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	Omu, JP	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	Ahmadabad, IN	daily rain	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	Jefferson, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2016	Dunhuang, CN	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Sparkman, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Davilla 2N, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Jarrell, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Copperas Cove 5 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Breckenridge, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Gatesville, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Onahama, JP	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Oskarshamn, SE	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Thorndale, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Hohhot, CN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Weslaco, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2016	Cleburne, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 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

1797 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 748 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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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	527
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2