Weather Records on 16 May 1941

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1941. Highest significance: Fichtelberg, DE.

Key Facts for 16 May 1941

On 16 May 1941, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 413 daily.
Fichtelberg set a daily record snow depth of 100.0 cm (39.4 in) on 16 May 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 16 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1941

Top 20 records on 16 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Rivers Inlet, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Patna Obsy, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Handia, IN	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Willapa Harbor, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1941	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Centerville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Astoria, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Tarabganj, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Eastport, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Luz (Estacao), BR	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1941	Orai, IN	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	27 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 429 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 100	347
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1