Weather Records on 16 May 1920

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1920. Highest significance: Malvern, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1920

On 16 May 1920, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 69 daily.
Malvern set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 16 May 1920.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 16 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 39.

Records on 16 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 69.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

65 broken records

Margins by which the 65 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1920

Top 20 records on 16 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1920	Malvern, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Newport, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Kiev, UA	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Willunga, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Falun, SE	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Frances, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Nelson, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Orroroo (Black Rock), AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Blyth, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1920	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	22 years	14 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

1802 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1920. 1920 had 69 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 May 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	59
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1