Weather Records on 16 May 1948

281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1948. Highest significance: Anna 4 N, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1948

On 16 May 1948, 281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 274 daily.
Anna 4 N set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 16 May 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

281 stations

281 station records on 16 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mogul Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

281 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 274.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1948

Top 20 records on 16 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1948	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Paducah, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Dromana, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Silver Lake, US	monthly snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Cumberland, ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Golconda River, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Brookings, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	Katwa, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1948	New Burnside, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Princeton, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Wagoner, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Jackson, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Blaine, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Portland, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Sveg, SE	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1948	Farmington, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	28 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1948. 1948 had 281 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 50	218
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1