Weather Records on 16 May 1973

869 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1973. Highest significance: Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR.

Key Facts for 16 May 1973

On 16 May 1973, 869 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 498 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 861 daily.
Nossa Senhora Das Dores set a daily record precipitation of 111.0 mm (4.4 in) on 16 May 1973.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

869 stations

869 station records on 16 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chaplyne	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Traipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tagua (Campo Largo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zaporoz'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla WSO City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

869 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 404, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 16 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	404
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1973

Top 20 records on 16 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1973	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1973	Chaplyne, UA	monthly rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1973	Nossa Senhora da Gloria, BR	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Traipu, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Tagua (Campo Largo), BR	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Krasnohrad, UA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Ellendale, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Everett, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Asheville, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1973	Talbotton, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1973	Manassas 3 NW, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1973	Rosalia, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1973	Logan, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1973	Zaporoz'e, UA	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1973. 1973 had 869 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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Data for records on 1973-05-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	636
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1