Weather Records on 1 May 2016

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2016. Highest significance: Wupatki Nm, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 2016

On 1 May 2016, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 777 daily.
Wupatki Nm set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 May 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 1 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wupatki Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Falls Creek (Rocky Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sunset Crater Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marrawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Bowglen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kars Springs (Welldun)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi (Timor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McMinns Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yannergee (Dobroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Rossgole)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lindisfarne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cubero	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 1 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 1 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 66, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2016

Top 20 records on 1 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2016	Wupatki Nm, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Santuck, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	107 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Dalton, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	122 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Logan, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Buckhorn Lake, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Williamson, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2016	Falls Creek (Rocky Valley), AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Oberlin Fire Twr, US	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu, SI	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari, SI	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Sunset Crater Nm, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Akron 4 E, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Merriwa (Roscommon), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Old Town Bay, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2016	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	48 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

1795 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 844 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	913
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 2016-05-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	682
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1