Weather Records on 16 May 1921

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1921. Highest significance: Lismore (Centre Street), AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1921

On 16 May 1921, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 98 daily.
Lismore (Centre Street) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 320.0 mm (12.6 in) on 16 May 1921.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 16 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	291.8 mm (11.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fernmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rollands Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tomago	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 16 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 4, daily 98.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1921

Top 20 records on 16 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1921	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	all-time rain	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	28 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1921	Lawrence Post Office, AU	all-time rain	291.8 mm (11.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1921	Grafton City Council, AU	all-time rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1921	Ramornie, AU	all-time rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1921	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	monthly rain	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Fernmount, AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1921	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	35 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 106 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 20	68
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1