Weather Records on 16 May 1960

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1960. Highest significance: Novorossijsk, RU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1960

On 16 May 1960, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 366 daily.
Novorossijsk set a daily record precipitation of 33.6 mm (1.3 in) on 16 May 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 16 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 16 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1960

Top 20 records on 16 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1960	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Barh, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Mussoorie, IN	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Venkatagirikota, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Sampagaon-Bailh, IN	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Kingston, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Sibley, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Macomb, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Tarkio, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Vengurla, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1960	Tyndall, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	39 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 370 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 10	233
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1