Weather Records on 16 May 1964

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1964. Highest significance: Luiz Correia, BR.

Key Facts for 16 May 1964

On 16 May 1964, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 309 daily.
Luiz Correia set a daily record precipitation of 124.4 mm (4.9 in) on 16 May 1964.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 16 May 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

244 broken records

Margins by which the 244 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1964

Top 20 records on 16 May 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1964	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1964	Valente, BR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1964	Drevja, NO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1964	Sparta, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1964	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1964	Grayling, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Arni, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Vellore, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Beiarn, NO	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Saguache, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Port Washington, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Sidhout(Siddavat), IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Decorah, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1964	Pine Ridge, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	27 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1964. 1964 had 313 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	220
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2