Weather Records on 16 April 1950

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1950. Highest significance: Barreiras, BR.

Key Facts for 16 April 1950

On 16 April 1950, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 483 daily.
Barreiras set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.1 mm (4.8 in) on 16 April 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 16 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 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 1950

Top 20 records on 16 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1950	Barreiras, BR	monthly rain	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1950	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Garden City, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Hempstead, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Richfield, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Waurika, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Roby, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Johnson 11 ESE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Henrietta, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Caetite, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Hugoton, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1950	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1950	Greeley, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 492 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	387
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1