Weather Records on 16 May 1983

1,579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1983. Highest significance: State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1983

On 16 May 1983, 1,579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 674 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,527 daily.
State UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 16 May 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,579 stations

1,579 station records on 16 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rifle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bes-Oba	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bugaldie (Ulundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riksten	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinge A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norsborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergaholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,579 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 328, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 346, Heaviest daily rainfall 567, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	328
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	346
Heaviest daily rainfall	567
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 49, daily 1,527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,330 broken records

Margins by which the 1,330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1983

Top 20 records on 16 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1983	State UNIV, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Rifle, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Tooma, EE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Shoshone, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Uniontown, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1983	Bes-Oba, KZ	all-time rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Falkoping, SE	monthly rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Leeds, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Montevallo, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Palisade, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Bugaldie (Ulundi), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Alexandria, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Lenzen/Elbe, DE	monthly rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Oneonta, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Green Mt Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Norwood, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1983	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	50 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1983. 1983 had 1,579 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 100	1,319
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1