Weather Records on 16 May 2010

836 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2010. Highest significance: Napier Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 2010

On 16 May 2010, 836 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 794 daily.
Napier Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 190.0 mm (7.5 in) on 16 May 2010.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

836 stations

836 station records on 16 May 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yampa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fraccionamiento Callejones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangareva	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skrova Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Mazatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oulunsalo Oulun Lentoasema	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Theda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hecelchakan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Razos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andoya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

836 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2010

Top 20 records on 16 May 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2010	Napier Downs, AU	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	68 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2010	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2010	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2010	Yampa, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Fraccionamiento Callejones, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Mangareva, PF	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Chernivtsi, UA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	El Campo, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Uzhhorod, UA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Neosho, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Glacier Bay, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Pecs Pogany, HU	monthly rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Cuero, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Balgo Hills, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Oravska Lesna, SK	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Tromso, NO	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Skrova Fyr, NO	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2010	Holton, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	105 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

1802 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2010. 2010 had 836 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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Data for records on 2010-05-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	624
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2