Weather Records on 16 May 1992

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1992. Highest significance: Lynch, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1992

On 16 May 1992, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 790 daily.
Lynch set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 16 May 1992.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 16 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkam	China	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 790.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1992

Top 20 records on 16 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1992	Lynch, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1992	Tatum, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1992	Ambo Station, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Central City, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Aurora, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Mason City, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Oakdale, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Ticuman, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Carandotta Station, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Totolapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Yambacoona, AU	monthly rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Floresville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1992	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	42 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1992. 1992 had 809 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	692
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1