Weather Records on 16 May 1925

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1925. Highest significance: Mexico, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1925

On 16 May 1925, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 173 daily.
Mexico set a daily record precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 16 May 1925.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 16 May 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 16 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 173.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

137 broken records

Margins by which the 137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1925

Top 20 records on 16 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1925	Mexico, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1925	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1925	White River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	St Joseph, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Boonville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Syracuse, US	all-time rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Tampa, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Glenville, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Marengo, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Steffenville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Olga 2 SE, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Uccle, BE	daily high max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Warsaw, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1925	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	20 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1925. 1925 had 177 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	119
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1