Weather Records on 16 May 1982

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1982. Highest significance: Raipur, IN.

Key Facts for 16 May 1982

On 16 May 1982, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 423 daily.
Raipur set a daily record precipitation of 75.9 mm (3.0 in) on 16 May 1982.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 16 May 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agostitlan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville UNIV of Tenn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manlio Fabio Altamiramo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Water Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baker Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Megri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weyburn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1982

Top 20 records on 16 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1982	Raipur, IN	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1982	Granville, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Knobs 4 SW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Spearfish, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Acatlan de Osorio (Smn), MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Stilwell, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Pedrinhas, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Agostitlan (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Cheyenne 1 WSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Knoxville UNIV of Tenn, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Albion, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Manlio Fabio Altamiramo, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1982	Leola, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1982	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1982	Itajuipe (Piranji), BR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1982	Viljujsk, RU	daily low min	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1982	Weatherford, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1982	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	32 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1982. 1982 had 427 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	341
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1