Weather Records on 16 May 1990

1,068 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1990. Highest significance: Olathe 3E, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1990

On 16 May 1990, 1,068 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
505 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,030 daily.
Olathe 3E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 16 May 1990.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,068 stations

1,068 station records on 16 May 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madura Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klippan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Langley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ganyu	China	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungbyhed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Worden	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,068 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 371, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 436, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 May 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	371
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 May 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 1,030.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1990

Top 20 records on 16 May 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1990	Olathe 3E, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	86 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 May 1990	Lawrence, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Stilwell, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Hermann, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Myrup, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1990	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Fredonia, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Fulton, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Windsor, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Vandalia, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Madura Station, AU	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Odessa 4SE, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1990	Klippan, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	55 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1990. 1990 had 1,068 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 1990-05-16: 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 20	753
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1