Weather Records on 16 August 2025

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2025. Highest significance: Bombay/Santacruz, IN.

Key Facts for 16 August 2025

On 16 August 2025, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
454 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 645 daily.
Bombay/Santacruz set a daily record precipitation of 245.1 mm (9.6 in) on 16 August 2025.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 16 August 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Durand	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matlock 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Humptulips Salmon Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ljuban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reboly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delano	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moundou	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joensuu Pyhaselka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orly	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jinnah Intl	Pakistan	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 322, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 16 August 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	322
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2025 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2025

Top 20 records on 16 August 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2025	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	daily rain	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2025	Dawson, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	129 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2025	Nehalem 9 NE, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Merklingen, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Durand, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Raymond 2 S, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Matlock 8 S, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Humptulips Salmon Hatchery, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Mondovi, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Weslaco, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Huelva, ES	daily high max	40.1 C (104.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Nice, FR	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Cougar 6 E, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Newhalem, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Skamania Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2025	Ljuban, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	44 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2025. 2025 had 661 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	498
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1