Weather Records on 11 May 2016

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 2016. Highest significance: Wolf Pt, US.

Key Facts for 11 May 2016

On 11 May 2016, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 475 daily.
Wolf Pt set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 11 May 2016.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 11 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Zortman	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sektagli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lahs	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dix Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 14, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 2016

Top 20 records on 11 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 2016	Wolf Pt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 May 2016	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2016	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2016	Zortman, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2016	Sektagli, RU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Glasgow 14 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Lahs, TJ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Bethpage 1 S, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Carthage, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	121 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Namangan, UZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Knox Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Quicksand, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Somerset 2 N, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Dix Dam, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Zortman, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Hachinohe, JP	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2016	Oxford, GB	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	104 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

1814 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2016. 2016 had 497 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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 2026-10-17 (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 100	417
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1