Weather Records on 16 May 2016

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2016. Highest significance: Lake Margaret Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 2016

On 16 May 2016, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 437 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 782 daily.
Lake Margaret Dam set an all-time record daily precipitation of 249.0 mm (9.8 in) on 16 May 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 16 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Agzu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gvasjugi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sinop	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hole-in-Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	49.0 C (120.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh/Mohanbar	India	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 286, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	286
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2016

Top 20 records on 16 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2016	Lake Margaret Dam, AU	all-time rain	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	79 years	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 May 2016	Aleksandrov Gaj, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2016	Melnichnoe, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Agzu, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Pilvo, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Presque Isle, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Caribou WFO, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Marble Hill, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Ternej, RU	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Memphis, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Rison, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Mason City, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Lowville, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Waverly, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	117 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Oak City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Atakpane, TG	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Warren, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2016	Gvasjugi, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	69 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 793 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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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	597
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1