Weather Records on 16 May 1961

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1961. Highest significance: Hunsur, IN.

Key Facts for 16 May 1961

On 16 May 1961, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 368 daily.
Hunsur set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 16 May 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 16 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anamalais	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1961

Top 20 records on 16 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1961	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Powell, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Karmala, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Junnar, IN	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Bodinayakkanur, IN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Huntingdon, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Mahad, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1961	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Framingham, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Chengam, IN	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	39.6 C (103.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Anamalais, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Castellon de la Plana, ES	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	all-time rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Lawrence, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Berlin, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1961	Stewart, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	29 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1961. 1961 had 378 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	271
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1