Weather Records on 20 May 2016

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 2016. Highest significance: Nizhnyaya Pesha, RU.

Key Facts for 20 May 2016

On 20 May 2016, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 667 daily.
Nizhnyaya Pesha set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 20 May 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 20 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nizhnyaya Pesha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Balashov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Rushmore Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirsanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allen	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beebyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mukinbudin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Rim	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraquin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Opelousas	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 174, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	174
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 249.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 2016

Top 20 records on 20 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 2016	Nizhnyaya Pesha, RU	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2016	Balashov, RU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Trayning, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Rostoshi, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Koorda, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Batesburg, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Mt Rushmore Nmem, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Smolensk, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Saratow, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Kirsanov, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Port Allen, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Beebyn, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Madill, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Jess Valley, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Mukinbudin, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Stuart, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2016	Austwell, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 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

1802 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 692 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	606
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1