Weather Records on 22 April 1916

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1916. Highest significance: Oudtshoorn, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1916

On 22 April 1916, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Oudtshoorn set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 22 April 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 22 April 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 49.

Records on 22 April 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 April 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1916

Top 20 records on 22 April 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1916	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Orillia, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Aurora, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Orebro, SE	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Kazan, RU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Falun, SE	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1916	Sveg, SE	daily rain	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	23 years	20 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

1800 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1916. 1916 had 56 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 5	25
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1