Weather Records on 16 May 1931

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1931. Highest significance: Khurda, IN.

Key Facts for 16 May 1931

On 16 May 1931, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 251 daily.
Khurda set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 16 May 1931.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 16 May 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 16 May 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1931

Top 20 records on 16 May 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1931	Khurda, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1931	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1931	Palkot, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Mohall, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Helmond, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Blanco, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Nurpur, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Norwich, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Snowflake, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Holbrook, US	monthly rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Willcox, US	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1931	Rogers, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1931. 1931 had 254 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	191
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1