Weather Records on 16 April 1938

573 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1938. Highest significance: Happy Valley Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1938

On 16 April 1938, 573 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 558 daily.
Happy Valley Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 16 April 1938.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

573 stations

573 station records on 16 April 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

573 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 April 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1938

Top 20 records on 16 April 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1938	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Astoria, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Beatrice, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Millicent, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Adelaide (Brighton), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Webster City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Roseworthy Agric College, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1938	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 573 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	462
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1