Weather Records on 16 April 1904

48 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1904. Highest significance: Halifax, CA.

Key Facts for 16 April 1904

On 16 April 1904, 48 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 46 daily.
Halifax set a daily record snowfall of 16.8 cm (6.6 in) on 16 April 1904.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

48 stations

48 station records on 16 April 1904 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1904: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pictou	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pictou	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Morien	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

48 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1904 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 16 April 1904 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1904 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1904

Top 20 records on 16 April 1904 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1904	Halifax, CA	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1904	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1904	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Pictou, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Concord, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Truro, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Salzburg, AT	monthly high max	26.6 C (79.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Port Morien, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Stratford, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Stratford, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Buffalo, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Buffalo, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1904	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1904

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1904. 1904 had 48 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	2
1809	1
1816	1
1823	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1852	2
1853	2
1855	1
1858	2
1862	2
1865	4
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1880	5
1883	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1896	4
1897	1
1898	1
1899	14
1900	7
1901	4
1902	5
1903	6
1904	48
1905	15
1906	12
1907	25
1908	31
1909	6
1910	31
1911	11
1912	24
1913	35
1914	43
1915	16
1916	17
1917	50
1918	36
1919	53
1920	88
1921	73
1922	75
1923	72
1924	131
1925	141
1926	325
1927	245
1928	506
1929	269
1930	229
1931	322
1932	344
1933	379
1934	385
1935	608
1936	272
1937	252
1938	573
1939	499
1940	243
1941	438
1942	645
1943	716
1944	322
1945	732
1946	378
1947	877
1948	386
1949	346
1950	492
1951	542
1952	323
1953	681
1954	488
1955	377
1956	515
1957	335
1958	730
1959	360
1960	478
1961	938
1962	737
1963	827
1964	679
1965	575
1966	425
1967	1,027
1968	448
1969	1,171
1970	511
1971	779
1972	850
1973	974
1974	291
1975	559
1976	2,099
1977	831
1978	669
1979	573
1980	596
1981	779
1982	934
1983	1,174
1984	712
1985	642
1986	1,041
1987	735
1988	1,077
1989	676
1990	964
1991	448
1992	898
1993	1,067
1994	928
1995	937
1996	924
1997	699
1998	2,069
1999	1,330
2000	1,052
2001	741
2002	2,494
2003	1,166
2004	609
2005	504
2006	1,423
2007	1,788
2008	889
2009	854
2010	634
2011	1,279
2012	1,015
2013	1,372
2014	1,436
2015	574
2016	742
2017	441
2018	2,238
2019	413
2020	867
2021	580
2022	994
2023	708
2024	746
2025	802
2026	1,065

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	34
25 to 50	1
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1