Weather Records on 16 April 1930

229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1930. Highest significance: S Bend AP, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 1930

On 16 April 1930, 229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 228 daily.
S Bend AP set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 16 April 1930.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

229 stations

229 station records on 16 April 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

229 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 16 April 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1930

Top 20 records on 16 April 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1930	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1930	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1930	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1930	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1930	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Arcadia, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Culbertson, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Wayne, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Grand River Lock, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Eau Claire, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Sorve, EE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1930	Ulm, DE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 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

1794 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 229 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 10	154
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1