Today in New York Weather History: May 16
1916 (Tuesday)
The remnants of the year's first (and very early) tropical system produced a record amount of rain for the date (2.66"), with almost all of it falling after 4 PM. And an additional 0.30" would fall in the pre-dawn hours of the 17th.
1989 (Tuesday)
Just before daybreak, 0.58" of rain poured down in an hour, between 6:23-7:23 AM. This downpour came in the opening hours of a rainstorm (lasting through mid-morning tomorrow) that dumped 3.35" of rain (2.30" fell today). And it came just six days after a rainstorm of 2.37".
1990 (Wednesday)
A year after 2.30" of rain fell on this date, 2.32" of rain fell today, much of it after 8 PM.
2001 (Wednesday)
This was the 25th day in a row without measurable rainfall, making it the third longest rain-free streak since 1970, passing two streaks of 24 days in Jan/Feb 1980 and in August 1995.
2007 (Wednesday)
I celebrated my 50th birthday two days after the actual date with a dinner party at a Venezuelan restaurant in Greenwich Village. Unlike my 40th birthday, which had beautiful weather, this year featured thunderstorms between 4-10 PM that dropped 0.83" of rain. It was a warm and muggy day, with temperatures reaching the mid-80s before the rain moved in.
2012 (Wednesday)
Overnight showers amounting to 0.09" made this the seventh year of the past nine in which rain fell on this date.
2014 (Friday)
A light, wind-swept rain during the afternoon turned steadier and heavier after dark. The 1.54" that fell was over before midnight (an inch poured down in the hour between 10-11:00). This was the twelfth day of the past eighteen to see some rain, totaling a lucky 7.77". Much of it fell today and on 4/30 (when 4.97" fell).
2015 (Saturday)
Measurable rain fell for the first time since April 22, a span of 23 days (the longest dry spell since one of 26 days in April/May 2001). Showers fell before daybreak and then again tonight between 9:00 and midnight, measuring 0.30". In between, skies were overcast with temperatures rising into the mid-70s.
2021 (Sunday)
Today's rainfall of 0.01" was the only measurable rain that fell during the 15-day period between May 11 and 25. (4.35" fell during the other days of the month.)
2024 (Thursday)
Today and yesterday had the same high/low of 64°/59° as well as nearly identical amounts of rain that fell mostly during the AM hours (0.27" today, 0.28" yesterday). 5/13 also had a high/low of 64°/59° (but there was no rain). This was the second pair of identical highs/lows on May 15-16; the first occurrence was in 1978 (high/low of 54°/50°).
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