Weather Records on 29 August 2016

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2016. Highest significance: Waiopai Rch 256, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 2016

On 29 August 2016, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 551 daily.
Waiopai Rch 256 set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 29 August 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

576 stations

576 station records on 29 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waiopai Rch 256	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	313.7 mm (12.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	289.1 mm (11.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huma	China	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzalinda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinge A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schofield Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark Agric. School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petrokrepost	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kloten	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Slaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 29 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2016

Top 20 records on 29 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2016	Waiopai Rch 256, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	111 years	79 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2016	Freeport 2 NW, US	monthly rain	313.7 mm (12.4 in)	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	62 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2016	Sosunovo, RU	all-time rain	289.1 mm (11.4 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2016	Labertouche, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2016	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	145 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2016	Lop Buri, TH	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Ulleungdo, KR	monthly rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	2 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Blue Hill 4 SW, US	all-time rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Encarnacion, PY	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Orienta 1SSW, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	St Cloud Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Ohotsk, RU	daily low min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	123 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Plant City, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Takamatsu, JP	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Skovorodino, RU	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Chernjaevo, RU	monthly low min	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Anucino, RU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2016	Waskish 4NE, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	42 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

1807 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2016. 2016 had 576 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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	430
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1