Basel May 16 Weather Records

Daily averages and all-time records for weather in Basel, Switzerland for the date of May 16.
May 16 All-Time Records
1901–2024
Highest temperature 31.7 °C 1953
Lowest temperature 0.7 °C 1935
Lowest daily high 8.7 °C 1972
Highest daily low 15.1 °C 2022
Most precipitation 2.55 cm 1905
May 16 Average Weather
1991–2020 1
Average high 20.0 °C
Average low 9.5 °C
Chance precipitation 51.2%
Basel May 16 Weather by Year
Year High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
2023 11.2 8.8 0.45
2022 24.4 15.1 0.35
2021 15.2 8.5 1.26
2020 19.6 4.0 0.00
2019 14.0 2.6 0.00
2018 14.6 10.1 1.41
2017 25.8 8.5 0.00
2016 12.9 3.8 0.19
2015 20.2 9.4 0.01
2014 18.0 3.8 0.00
2013 13.7 9.3 0.01
2012 11.0 3.8 0.57
2011 16.3 6.9 0.00
2010 14.0 7.3 0.00
2009 19.4 9.7 0.01
2008 22.1 12.9 0.81
2007 16.0 6.6 1.83
2006 19.9 14.8 0.39
2005 12.4 7.7 0.88
2004 21.2 7.0 0.00
2003 20.5 3.5 0.00
2002 27.4 8.8 0.00
2001 20.1 11.7 2.32
2000 28.5 14.3 0.00
1999 18.8 7.5 0.01
1998 22.3 11.6 0.00
1997 27.4 13.2 0.03
1996 18.7 7.9 0.13
1995 14.7 8.2 1.05
1994 24.7 10.5 0.44
1993 19.7 8.7 0.00
1992 28.0 12.8 0.00
1991 10.4 3.9 0.14
1990 24.6 11.3 0.00
1989 21.6 5.2 0.00
1988 19.2 13.8 0.31
1987 12.7 4.1 0.06
1986 15.9 9.8 1.46
1985 21.5 8.5 0.00
1984 16.3 8.0 1.20
1983 20.2 11.0 0.37
1982 25.5 10.6 0.11
1981 22.1 7.9 0.94
1980 14.8 1.9 0.00
1979 25.8 11.8 0.00
1978 18.4 5.5 0.00
1977 17.6 6.0 0.00
1976 20.7 13.1 0.00
1975 23.0 10.9 0.08
1974 22.5 5.3 0.00
1973 20.3 4.1 0.00
1972 8.7 6.7 0.39
1971 25.7 11.5 0.00
1970 16.3 10.3 0.01
1969 18.4 9.7 0.41
1968 21.5 6.8 0.19
1967 18.1 10.8 2.01
1966 27.5 11.3 0.00
1965 25.3 13.4 0.27
1964 22.0 3.5 0.00
1963 10.6 7.2 0.03
1962 17.1 3.8 0.00
1961 18.2 8.8 0.00
1960 26.4 11.7 0.87
1959 19.4 7.7 0.21
1958 14.2 5.2 1.34
1957 15.8 9.5 0.11
1956 23.6 5.3 0.00
1955 17.3 3.4 0.00
1954 20.3 8.6 0.00
1953 31.7 10.7 0.00
1952 25.1 7.6 0.00
1951 13.1 6.2 0.80
1950 23.8 7.0 0.00
1949 23.0 5.7 0.45
1948 26.0 13.6 0.45
1947 12.3 7.6 0.13
1946 17.3 2.3 0.00
1945 30.6 11.5 0.00
1944 12.9 4.4 0.00
1943 19.7 11.5 0.00
1942 21.7 5.9 0.03
1941 16.1 4.4 0.00
1940 16.1 6.0 0.05
1939 16.1 6.7 0.00
1938 25.2 11.8 0.00
1937 23.1 10.5 1.14
1936 24.7 8.8 0.00
1935 8.7 0.7 0.01
1934 24.1 2.3 0.20
1933 18.6 2.7 0.38
1932 23.9 10.4 0.30
1931 30.0 11.1 0.00
1930 22.5 7.6 0.00
1929 18.5 8.9 0.00
1928 12.7 8.1 0.26
1927 23.7 8.3 0.00
1926 10.4 8.5 0.01
1925 28.0 12.0 0.00
1924 25.0 13.7 0.18
1923 14.0 7.0 0.22
1922 23.0 10.0 0.00
1921 23.6 13.8 0.06
1920 24.2 11.6 1.28
1919 22.3 8.5 0.00
1918 22.0 9.5 0.00
1917 20.0 13.0 0.02
1916 20.0 9.7 0.00
1915 21.3 4.8 0.00
1914 15.5 3.5 0.02
1913 23.6 10.2 0.52
1912 15.3 7.0 0.90
1911 20.5 12.5 0.40
1910 23.7 6.6 0.00
1909 23.5 4.8 0.25
1908 17.0 10.0 0.00
1907 16.5 8.4 0.87
1906 15.0 8.4 0.12
1905 12.0 6.5 2.55
1904 27.5 11.0 0.00
1903 18.5 8.5 0.00
1902 16.0 8.0 0.28
1901 15.5 8.5 0.05
What's the all-time high for Basel on 5/16?
For the date of May 16, the highest temperature ever reached in Basel history is 31.7 °C which happened in 1953.
Highest Temperatures in Basel on May 16
Rank Temperature Year
1 31.7 °C 1953
2 30.6 °C 1945
3 30.0 °C 1931
4 28.5 °C 2000
5 28.0 °C 1992
5 28.0 °C 1925
7 27.5 °C 1904
7 27.5 °C 1966
9 27.4 °C 1997
9 27.4 °C 2002
What's the all-time low for Basel on 5/16?
For the date of May 16, the lowest temperature ever reached in Basel history is 0.7 °C which happened in 1935.
Lowest Temperatures in Basel on May 16
Rank Temperature Year
1 0.7 °C 1935
2 1.9 °C 1980
3 2.3 °C 1934
3 2.3 °C 1946
5 2.6 °C 2019
6 2.7 °C 1933
7 3.4 °C 1955
8 3.5 °C 1964
8 3.5 °C 1914
8 3.5 °C 2003
Lowest High Temperatures in Basel on May 16
Rank Temperature Year
1 8.7 °C 1935
1 8.7 °C 1972
3 10.4 °C 1991
3 10.4 °C 1926
5 10.6 °C 1963
6 11.0 °C 2012
7 11.2 °C 2023
8 12.0 °C 1905
9 12.3 °C 1947
10 12.4 °C 2005
What's the most it has ever rained in Basel on 5/16?
For the date of May 16, the most precipitation ever recorded in Basel history is 2.55 cm which happened in 1905.
All-Time Most Precipitation in Basel on May 16
Rank Precipitation Year
1 2.55 cm 1905
2 2.32 cm 2001
3 2.01 cm 1967
4 1.83 cm 2007
5 1.46 cm 1986
6 1.41 cm 2018
7 1.34 cm 1958
8 1.28 cm 1920
9 1.26 cm 2021
10 1.20 cm 1984
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1901–2024 Basel Binningen location