Weather Records on 15 May 2016

890 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2016. Highest significance: Skedemosse, SE.

Key Facts for 15 May 2016

On 15 May 2016, 890 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 435 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 876 daily.
Skedemosse set a daily record precipitation of 45.4 mm (1.8 in) on 15 May 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

890 stations

890 station records on 15 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zerdevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_Mockleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nybro-Slattingebygd D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hinshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puttalam	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Jomalaby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Columbine	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uusikaupunki Nervanderinpuisto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

890 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 876.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

718 broken records

Margins by which the 718 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 2016

Top 20 records on 15 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2016	Skedemosse, SE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2016	Zerdevka, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2016	Fagerhult_D, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2016	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2016	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Norra_Mockleby, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Norrveda, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Oskarshamn, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Nybro-Slattingebygd D, SE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Hinshult, SE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Puttalam, LK	daily low max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Jomala Jomalaby, FI	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Prairie du Chien, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Cimljansk, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Carthage, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2016	Kingman, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	43 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

1820 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2016. 2016 had 890 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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Data for records on 2016-05-15: 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 2026-10-16 (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 20	697
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1