Weather Records on 16 May 1952

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1952. Highest significance: Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1952

On 16 May 1952, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 752 daily.
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 16 May 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 16 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meribah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Garrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Point Lowly Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 557, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 16 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	557
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1952

Top 20 records on 16 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1952	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Potter, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Cowell, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Paskeville, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1952	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Tanunda, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Redhill, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1952	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	54 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 773 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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Data for records on 1952-05-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	659
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1