Weather Records on 16 April 1949

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1949. Highest significance: Fogo, CA.

Key Facts for 16 April 1949

On 16 April 1949, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 333 daily.
Fogo set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 16 April 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 16 April 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 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 1949

Top 20 records on 16 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1949	Fogo, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1949	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1949	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Den Helder-1, NL	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	New Hampton, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Devala, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Decorah, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Fayette, US	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Poteau, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	College STN 6 SW, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Walkerton, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Uccle, BE	monthly high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Walnut, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Tomsk, RU	daily high min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Griggsville, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1949	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 years	24 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 346 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	216
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3