Weather Records on 16 April 1919

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1919. Highest significance: Jonkoping, SE.

Key Facts for 16 April 1919

On 16 April 1919, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 52 daily.
Jonkoping set a daily record precipitation of 26.3 mm (1.0 in) on 16 April 1919.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 16 April 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1919 by type: Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 16 April 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 52.

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 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1919

Top 20 records on 16 April 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1919	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Toronto, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1919	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Brantford, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Barrie, CA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Stonecliffe, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Kalmar_D, SE	monthly rain	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1919	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 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

1794 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 53 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 April 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	34
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1