Weather Records on 16 May 2003

1,289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2003. Highest significance: Fingal (Legge Street), AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 2003

On 16 May 2003, 1,289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
527 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,264 daily.
Fingal (Legge Street) set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 16 May 2003.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,289 stations

1,289 station records on 16 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Novohrad-Volynskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Friars Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvesta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walgoolan North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teteriv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison Boone Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McLeods Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olevsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ovruch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnedvinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natl Arboretum Dc	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pageland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley (Northcliffe Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gdov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,289 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 334, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 579, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	334
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	579
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 1,264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,017 broken records

Margins by which the 1,017 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2003

Top 20 records on 16 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2003	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 May 2003	Hernando, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2003	Nimrod Dam, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2003	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2003	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2003	Jian, CN	monthly rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Novohrad-Volynskyi, UA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Bonnie Doon, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Gum Park, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Friars Well, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Kununoppin, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Batesville Lvstk, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Culburra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Kalvesta 1 W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Dobra Scritia, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2003	Walgoolan North, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2003. 2003 had 1,289 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 2026-10-16 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 May 2003
Margin	Records
0 to 20	943
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1