Weather Records on 5 May 1916

98 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1916. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 5 May 1916

On 5 May 1916, 98 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 95 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 40.7 mm (1.6 in) on 5 May 1916.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

98 stations

98 station records on 5 May 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

98 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 43.

Records on 5 May 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 May 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 95.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

91 broken records

Margins by which the 91 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1916

Top 20 records on 5 May 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1916	Armagh, GB	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Uccle, BE	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	26.9 C (80.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	121 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1916	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Armagh, GB	monthly low max	7.4 C (45.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Lawrence Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	30.3 C (86.5 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1916	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 98 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	67
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1