Weather Records on 16 May 2020

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2020. Highest significance: Arxan, CN.

Key Facts for 16 May 2020

On 16 May 2020, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 422 daily.
Arxan set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 16 May 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 16 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arxan	China	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Persimmon Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neuquen Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Palinuro	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cagliari	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakushima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tolka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mugla	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 16 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 16 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2020

Top 20 records on 16 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2020	Arxan, CN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Miyakonojo, JP	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Nouasseur, MA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Hitoyoshi, JP	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Monticello, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Evansville Museum, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	118 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Boerne, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Idalia, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Ostrov Vrangelja, RU	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Skei I Jolster, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Murfreesboro 1W, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Mound Valley 3 WSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Fulton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2020	Ouesso, CG	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	64 years	37 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2020. 2020 had 431 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	363
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1