Weather Records on 16 August 2019

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2019. Highest significance: Fujin, CN.

Key Facts for 16 August 2019

On 16 August 2019, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 419 daily.
Fujin set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 16 August 2019.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 16 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Kamchatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arzamas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Pole	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altavista	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hannagan Meadows	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smidovich	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temnikov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hularin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Veselaja Gorka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sasabe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waimanalo Exp F 795.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 117.

Records on 16 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2019

Top 20 records on 16 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2019	Fujin, CN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Birobidzhan, RU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Osaka, JP	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Eskridge, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Ust-Kamchatsk, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Greene, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Suifenhe, CN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Nara, JP	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Komsomolsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Fairmont, US	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Port Allegany, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Deesa, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Kobe, JP	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Arzamas, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2019	N Pole, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 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

1793 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 430 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	282
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1