Weather Records on 22 August 2016

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2016. Highest significance: Lucindale Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 August 2016

On 22 August 2016, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 719 daily.
Lucindale Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.8 mm (2.2 in) on 22 August 2016.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 22 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Parkajoki	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	291.1 mm (11.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangos	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wushaoling	China	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kittila Pokka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tateyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muonio Alamuonio	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kittila Pulju	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kolari Kattilamaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre_Soppero	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hezuo	China	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pavlovskij Posad	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarendo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erenhot	China	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murjek	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 22 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 209.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2016

Top 20 records on 22 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2016	Lucindale Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2016	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2016	Parkajoki, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2016	Freer, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2016	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Elec, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Oshima, JP	daily rain	291.1 mm (11.5 in)	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Kangos, SE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Wushaoling, CN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Anacortes, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	147 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	McCloud, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Princetown, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2016	Kittila Pokka, FI	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	45 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

1802 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 730 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	782
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,358
2026	989

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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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	614
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1