Weather Records on 16 May 2026

558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2026. Highest significance: Sturt Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 16 May 2026

On 16 May 2026, 558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 544 daily.
Sturt Vale set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 16 May 2026.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

558 stations

558 station records on 16 May 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aldgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kimba (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee 837.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell (Winter Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everett Snohomish Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plassen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena (Oraparinna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Karinya)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coffin Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

558 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 May 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 May 2026 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2026

Top 20 records on 16 May 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2026	Sturt Vale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2026	Aldgate, AU	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2026	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2026	Kimba (Melaleuca), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Cleve Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	127 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Cleve, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Loxton Research Centre, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Berri, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Waihee 837.5, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Parndana (Turkey Lane), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Cowell (Winter Springs), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Kimba (Curtinye), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Kimba, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Smith Ctr, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Karcultaby, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 2026	Corning, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	126 years	43 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2026. 2026 had 558 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 2026-05-16: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	397
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1