Weather Records on 16 May 1918

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1918. Highest significance: Yan Yean, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1918

On 16 May 1918, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 364 daily.
Yan Yean set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 16 May 1918.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 16 May 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 368, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 16 May 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	368
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1918

Top 20 records on 16 May 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1918	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Toongabbie, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Canoon, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Bedooba, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Quambatook South, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Sale, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Beenak, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Grantville, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1918	Shearleys Tank, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 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

1802 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1918. 1918 had 395 records.

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

Records on 05-16 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1820	1
1825	1
1832	1
1837	1
1847	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1871	1
1874	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	11
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	9
1904	17
1905	13
1906	25
1907	13
1908	6
1909	57
1910	24
1911	22
1912	13
1913	24
1914	11
1915	104
1916	38
1917	48
1918	395
1919	28
1920	69
1921	106
1922	31
1923	126
1924	152
1925	177
1926	211
1927	230
1928	121
1929	273
1930	170
1931	254
1932	441
1933	268
1934	304
1935	320
1936	520
1937	279
1938	299
1939	448
1940	334
1941	429
1942	721
1943	652
1944	531
1945	888
1946	327
1947	344
1948	281
1949	360
1950	210
1951	558
1952	773
1953	421
1954	251
1955	525
1956	697
1957	610
1958	361
1959	680
1960	370
1961	378
1962	1,295
1963	552
1964	313
1965	442
1966	420
1967	611
1968	790
1969	423
1970	520
1971	509
1972	625
1973	869
1974	1,207
1975	544
1976	518
1977	1,269
1978	808
1979	506
1980	830
1981	896
1982	427
1983	1,579
1984	981
1985	536
1986	747
1987	1,369
1988	946
1989	938
1990	1,068
1991	1,094
1992	809
1993	653
1994	705
1995	1,235
1996	1,835
1997	1,932
1998	1,500
1999	778
2000	1,129
2001	1,110
2002	694
2003	1,289
2004	869
2005	870
2006	1,345
2007	692
2008	1,034
2009	897
2010	836
2011	1,398
2012	770
2013	596
2014	1,483
2015	782
2016	793
2017	710
2018	1,013
2019	572
2020	431
2021	419
2022	717
2023	653
2024	601
2025	993
2026	558

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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	214
10 to 20	89
20 to 30	63
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1