Weather Records on 16 August 2024

765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2024. Highest significance: Mansfield, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 2024

On 16 August 2024, 765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
566 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 745 daily.
Mansfield set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 16 August 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

765 stations

765 station records on 16 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pence 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerman	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willis Island	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood (Wittunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maaninka Halola	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

765 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 398, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 16 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	398
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 14, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2024

Top 20 records on 16 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2024	Mansfield, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2024	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2024	Willunga, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	124 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2024	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Ongerup, AU	all-time low max	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Salmon Meadows, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Ft Lauderdale Beach, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Helenvale, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Shimizu, JP	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Brookhaven City, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Elk, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Apache, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Pence 1 SW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2024	Portales, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 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

1793 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 765 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 10	588
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2