Weather Records on 16 May 1944

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1944. Highest significance: Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1944

On 16 May 1944, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 521 daily.
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 16 May 1944.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 16 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springville Tule Hd	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toothdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 16 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1944

Top 20 records on 16 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1944	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1944	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1944	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	119.7 mm (4.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1944	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Tilba Tilba, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Cooma (Gurrabeal), AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Jimenbuen, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1944	Springville Tule Hd, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 531 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	341
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1