Weather Records on 16 May 2004

869 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2004. Highest significance: Howard, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 2004

On 16 May 2004, 869 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 828 daily.
Howard set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 16 May 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

869 stations

869 station records on 16 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saebo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamakuapoko 485	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lanai AP 656	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancelin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mondy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brusdalsvatn II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

869 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 16 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2004

Top 20 records on 16 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2004	Howard, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 May 2004	O'Neill, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	105 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2004	Kihei 311, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2004	St Cloud Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2004	Minneota, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2004	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Keahua 410, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Kaneohe 838.1, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Paia 406, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Saebo, NO	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Alexandria, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Hamakuapoko 485, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Lanai AP 656, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Spreckelsville 400, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Playa Vicente, MX	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Cardenas, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2004	Enisejsk, RU	daily high min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	96 years	41 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2004. 2004 had 869 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 2004-05-16: 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 10	605
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3