Weather Records on 28 May 2016

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 2016. Highest significance: Meiningen, DE.

Key Facts for 28 May 2016

On 28 May 2016, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 595 daily.
Meiningen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 28 May 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

625 stations

625 station records on 28 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meiningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shilka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshereche	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plavsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nancy-Ochey	France	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sinop	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bobrynets	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burgwald-Bottendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Erzincan	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geroda-Platz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wainwright AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 2016

Top 20 records on 28 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 2016	Meiningen, DE	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2016	Sam Rayburn Dam, US	monthly rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2016	Usugli, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2016	Shilka, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2016	Siegen (Klaranlage), DE	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2016	Maitland, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Inhambane, MZ	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Bruning, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Ostheim V.D. Rhon, DE	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Bolshereche, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Voznesensk, UA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Mason City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Coleraine (Melville Forest), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Plavsk, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Healy, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2016	Nancy-Ochey, FR	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	35 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

1794 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 625 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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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 25	480
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1