Weather Records on 10 May 1996

1,469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1996. Highest significance: Williamsburg 1E, US.

Key Facts for 10 May 1996

On 10 May 1996, 1,469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
557 were record highs and 578 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,435 daily.
Williamsburg 1E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 136.7 mm (5.4 in) on 10 May 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,469 stations

1,469 station records on 10 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gowanda Correctional	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Horn Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Owl	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,469 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 429, Highest daily minimum 265, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 10 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	429
Highest daily minimum	265
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 10 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 1,435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,200 broken records

Margins by which the 1,200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1996

Top 20 records on 10 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1996	Williamsburg 1E, US	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 May 1996	Iowa City, US	monthly rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1996	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1996	Keithsburg, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1996	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1996	Gowanda Correctional, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Montezuma 1 W, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Tipton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Gilman, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Danville, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Bedford, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Fredonia, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Horn Island Airport, AU	monthly rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Ristna, EE	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Perry, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Washington, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Omu, JP	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996	Huehuetan, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	47 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

1805 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1996. 1996 had 1,469 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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Data for records on 1996-05-10: 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 25	1,144
25 to 50	42
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1