Weather Records on 16 April 1941

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1941. Highest significance: Huntley Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 1941

On 16 April 1941, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 428 daily.
Huntley Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 16 April 1941.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

438 stations

438 station records on 16 April 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 April 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 April 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1941

Top 20 records on 16 April 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1941	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Anderson, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Gravette, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Virginia City, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Cordova AP, US	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Tulsa, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Chandler, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1941	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Virginia City, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Fort Gibson, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1941	Canadian, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 438 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	346
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3