Weather Records on 20 August 2016

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 2016. Highest significance: Kljuchi, RU.

Key Facts for 20 August 2016

On 20 August 2016, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
436 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 855 daily.
Kljuchi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 102.6 mm (4.0 in) on 20 August 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 20 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Russellville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville 22 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Panther Junction	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskey Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newhope 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rautavaara Yla-Luosta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Winderadeen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 20 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 2016

Top 20 records on 20 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 2016	Kljuchi, RU	all-time rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Peck 4 SSW, US	all-time rain	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Bridgeport, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Decatur, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Russellville #2, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Luling, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Floresville, US	monthly rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2016	Hopper, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Sagar, IN	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Pohnpei WSO, FM	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Brackettville 22 N, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Weatherford, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Kanin Nos, RU	daily high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Hebron, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Cypress, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2016	Panther Junction, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	60 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

1797 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 872 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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Data for records on 2016-08-20: 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 2026-10-15 (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	672
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1