Weather Records on 16 April 1952

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1952. Highest significance: Rampur, IN.

Key Facts for 16 April 1952

On 16 April 1952, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 319 daily.
Rampur set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 16 April 1952.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 16 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palandu	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1952

Top 20 records on 16 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1952	Rampur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Guildford Junction, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Luis Gomes, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Terrace, CA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	172 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Belleville, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Riva, IT	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1952	Pereiro, BR	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Koetong, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	St Petersburg, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Currais Novos, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1952	Milledgeville, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	39 years	26 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 323 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	269
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1