Weather Records on 16 May 1976

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1976. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 16 May 1976

On 16 May 1976, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 501 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 16 May 1976.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 16 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nebitdag	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Unja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glendale Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Velsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sobradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iqaluit A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1976

Top 20 records on 16 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1976	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1976	Nebitdag, TM	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1976	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1976	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1976	Ust-Unja, RU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Wausaukee, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	St Catharines, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Sumter, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Hillsville, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Glendale Springs, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Velsk, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Turkmen-Bashi, TM	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Lockport 2SE, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Ibia, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1976	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	41 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1976. 1976 had 518 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 50	421
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1