Weather Records on 16 May 1946

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1946. Highest significance: Ulysses 3NE, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1946

On 16 May 1946, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 321 daily.
Ulysses 3NE set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 16 May 1946.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 16 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1946

Top 20 records on 16 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1946	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Canton 4 SE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Boko, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Athens, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Whitestown, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Muhammadpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Inga, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Kolosib, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Kilpuri, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Adairsville, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Kitchener, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1946	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1946	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	34 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1946. 1946 had 327 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	237
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1