Weather Records on 16 May 1969

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1969. Highest significance: Whitemark, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1969

On 16 May 1969, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 413 daily.
Whitemark set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 16 May 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 16 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siljansfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 16 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1969

Top 20 records on 16 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1969	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1969	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Alur, IN	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Vattaram, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Clearwater, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Stillmore, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Svirica, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Siljansfors, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Ketty, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Madrid, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1969	Kisinev, MD	monthly high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	40 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1969. 1969 had 423 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	340
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1