Weather Records on 16 April 1932

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1932. Highest significance: Trida (Cogie), AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1932

On 16 April 1932, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 339 daily.
Trida (Cogie) set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 16 April 1932.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 16 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgunnia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla Sharon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Elliot Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullengudgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 16 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 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 1932

Top 20 records on 16 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1932	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Halifax, CA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Yathong, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Gilgunnia, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Euroa, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Wilcannia (Mena Murtee), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Marfield, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Lambrigg, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Benalla Sharon, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Wilkie, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Gooram Gong, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Avenel (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1932	Carabost, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1932. 1932 had 344 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	242
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2