Weather Records on 16 May 1988

946 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1988. Highest significance: Clearbrook, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1988

On 16 May 1988, 946 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
552 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 923 daily.
Clearbrook set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 16 May 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

946 stations

946 station records on 16 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Irmaos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Crown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshuld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

946 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 923.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1988

Top 20 records on 16 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1988	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1988	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1988	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Tres Irmaos, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Iguatama, BR	monthly rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	New Crown, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Beltana Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Woodbury (Warringa), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Blinman, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Estevao Pinto, BR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Milawa Brown Bros, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Seneca, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1988	Mt Vernon 3 WNW, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	49 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 946 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 1988-05-16: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	644
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3