Weather Records on 12 May 2016

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 2016. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 12 May 2016

On 12 May 2016, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 404 daily.
Wien set a daily record precipitation of 60.8 mm (2.4 in) on 12 May 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 12 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tian-Shan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Primorsko-Ahtarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	161.9 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buller	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stockach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milolii 2.34	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinckneyville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centralnyj Rudnik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan (West Coast Pioneers Mu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montabaur	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
London State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 2016

Top 20 records on 12 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 2016	Wien, AT	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Klippeneck, DE	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Tian-Shan, KG	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Verhnij_Baskuncak, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Aldersbach-Kriestorf, DE	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Primorsko-Ahtarsk, RU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2016	Bijie, CN	monthly rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	134 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Saentis, CH	daily rain	161.9 mm (6.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Passau-Maierhof, DE	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	De Soto, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Opihihale #2 24.1, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Pfullendorf, DE	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Zavitaja, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Summersville 3 SE, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2016	Mount Buller, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	47 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 421 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	352
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1