Weather Records on 16 May 1954

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1954. Highest significance: Weston, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1954

On 16 May 1954, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 244 daily.
Weston set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 16 May 1954.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 16 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1954

Top 20 records on 16 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1954	Weston, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1954	Manchester, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1954	Haverhill, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Middleboro, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Brockton, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Pine Bluffs, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Lowell, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Genoa, IT	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Cawker City, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Milan, IT	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1954	Pine Bluffs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	38 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1954. 1954 had 251 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	182
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1