Weather Records on 16 May 2001

1,110 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2001. Highest significance: Lake City Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 2001

On 16 May 2001, 1,110 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
765 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,070 daily.
Lake City Exp Farm set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 16 May 2001.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,110 stations

1,110 station records on 16 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,110 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 478, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	478
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 1,070.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

845 broken records

Margins by which the 845 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2001

Top 20 records on 16 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2001	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2001	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2001	Saint Johns, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2001	Gladwin, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Baldwin, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Manuel Avila Camacho, MX	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Alma, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Albion, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Central Michigan UNIV, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Castle Dale, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Abilene, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Montello 2NE, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Deseret, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Villingen-Schwenningen, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2001	Geneseo, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	101 years	44 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 1,110 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 2001-05-16: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 10	790
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1