Weather Records on 16 May 2019

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2019. Highest significance: Ft Bragg 5 N, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 2019

On 16 May 2019, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 568 daily.
Ft Bragg 5 N set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 16 May 2019.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 16 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ceuta	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jinghe	China	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silverwood Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulgi	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sofijskij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alatyr'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dworshak Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meacham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whiskeytown Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saniat Rmel	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emigrant Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karamay	China	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luchow	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ongerup	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nienburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Omno-Gobi	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2019

Top 20 records on 16 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2019	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 May 2019	McCloud, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2019	Stampede Pass, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2019	Colfax, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2019	Chico UNIV Farm, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Pt Mugu Nf, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Shangzhi, CN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Hazelmere, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Orland, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Messina, IT	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Healdsburg, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Santa Rosa, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Ukiah 4 WSW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Simferopol, UA	daily high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Scotia, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Middletown, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Bowman Springs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2019	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	135 years	40 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2019. 2019 had 572 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	470
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1