Weather Records on 16 April 1942

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1942. Highest significance: Okhimath, IN.

Key Facts for 16 April 1942

On 16 April 1942, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 637 daily.
Okhimath set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 16 April 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 16 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uri	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1942

Top 20 records on 16 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1942	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Kangra, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Ranikhet, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Palampur, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Galway, IE	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Uri, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Sitapur, IN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1942	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	Budhlada, IN	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	Joshimath, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	E Tawas, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1942	McPherson, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 645 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	466
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2