Weather Records on 20 April 1916

19 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1916. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 20 April 1916

On 20 April 1916, 19 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 19 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 12.8 mm (0.5 in) on 20 April 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

19 stations

19 station records on 20 April 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

19 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 13.

Records on 20 April 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 April 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 19.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

15 broken records

Margins by which the 15 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 10.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1916

Top 19 records on 20 April 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1916	Helmond, NL	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Perm, RU	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Escanaba, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Buffalo, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	13 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	18 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	21 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	22 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Sveg, SE	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	11 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Landsort, SE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	10 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min (Tie)	16.0 C (60.8 F)	tie	49 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Harnosand, SE	daily low min (Tie)	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	tie	31 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high max (Tie)	23.9 C (75.0 F)	tie	37 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1916	Morgantown 1, US	daily high max (Tie)	28.9 C (84.0 F)	tie	19 years	2 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

1807 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1916. 1916 had 19 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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Data for records on 1916-04-20: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	8
2 to 4	5
4 to 6	0
6 to 8	1
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	1