Weather Records on 16 August 2022

1,145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2022. Highest significance: Manarra, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 2022

On 16 August 2022, 1,145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
654 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,086 daily.
Manarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 16 August 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,145 stations

1,145 station records on 16 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Amery Acres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Coolangatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Friars Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Narembeen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mallee Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Muresk Agric.College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Nammen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red River Pass #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jaroma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Graham Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,145 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 353, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 375.

Records on 16 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	353
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 53, daily 1,086.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

993 broken records

Margins by which the 993 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2022

Top 20 records on 16 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2022	Manarra, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2022	Geraldton Town, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2022	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2022	Amery Acres, AU	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 August 2022	Coolangatta, AU	monthly rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	78 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Baandee North, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Boodjerakine, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Fort Hill, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Friars Well, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Konnongorring, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Narembeen, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Lynton, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Eradu, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Codg Codgen, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Madalya, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Mallee Vale, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Walebing, AU	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2022	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)

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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 1,145 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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Data for records on 2022-08-16: 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 2026-10-17 (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	938
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2