Weather Records on 16 May 1998

1,500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1998. Highest significance: Nambour Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 1998

On 16 May 1998, 1,500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
896 were record highs and 337 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,447 daily.
Nambour Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 143.0 mm (5.6 in) on 16 May 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,500 stations

1,500 station records on 16 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Do Mendonca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,500 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 533, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 207, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	533
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	207
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 45, daily 1,447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,155 broken records

Margins by which the 1,155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1998

Top 20 records on 16 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1998	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Baudette, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Mount Cotton West, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Kochi, JP	monthly rain	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1998	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Passo Do Mendonca, BR	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Saxby Downs Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Thorhult, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Fall Rvr Mills, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Charlevoix, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1998	Flandreau, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	101 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1998. 1998 had 1,500 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 1998-05-16: 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	1,086
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1