Weather Records on 16 May 1995

1,235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1995. Highest significance: Lincoln, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 1995

On 16 May 1995, 1,235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
619 were record highs and 342 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,192 daily.
Lincoln set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 16 May 1995.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,235 stations

1,235 station records on 16 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kybartai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Cumarebo	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putla de Guerrero (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Helen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Undameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boverdal	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrika	Sweden	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,235 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 397, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 16 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	397
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 16 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 33, daily 1,192.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

900 broken records

Margins by which the 900 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1995

Top 20 records on 16 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1995	Lincoln, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 May 1995	Monkira, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Eskridge, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	San Luis de la Paz, MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Mitchell 5E, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Kybartai, LT	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Berlin, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge), MX	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Tancochapa, MX	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	all-time rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Pabellon Campo Experimental, MX	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Roros, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Hawarden Bridge, GB	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Juncal Dam, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1995	Lowell, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1995. 1995 had 1,235 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 50	876
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3