Weather Records on 16 May 1950

210 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1950. Highest significance: Owen Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 16 May 1950

On 16 May 1950, 210 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 209 daily.
Owen Sound set a daily record snowfall of 18.3 cm (7.2 in) on 16 May 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

210 stations

210 station records on 16 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palandu	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

210 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 209.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1950

Top 20 records on 16 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1950	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1950	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1950	Crateus, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1950	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1950	Norseman, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1950	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1950	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	69 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Kommissiepoort, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Yellow Grass, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Buxton (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Boras, SE	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Santa Cruz, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Tashkent, UZ	daily high max	34.8 C (94.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1950	Palandu, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	22 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 210 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 25	168
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1