Weather Records on 16 April 1931

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1931. Highest significance: Uthamapalayam, IN.

Key Facts for 16 April 1931

On 16 April 1931, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 308 daily.
Uthamapalayam set an all-time record daily precipitation of 143.8 mm (5.7 in) on 16 April 1931.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 16 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lacona	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1931

Top 20 records on 16 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1931	Uthamapalayam, IN	all-time rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1931	Gospic, HR	daily rain	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Krishnarajnagar, IN	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Kasargod, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Chiknayakanihall, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Tellichery, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Narasimharajapura, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Kallakurichi, IN	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Holenarsipur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Uman, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Sterkspruit, ZA	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1931	Bantwal, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 322 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 50	259
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1