Weather Records on 16 April 1954

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1954. Highest significance: Mabel Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1954

On 16 April 1954, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 478 daily.
Mabel Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 16 April 1954.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 16 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1954

Top 20 records on 16 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1954	Mabel Downs, AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1954	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Selma, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Amite, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Gaylord, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Oak Hills Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Prattville, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	De Ridder, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Coldwater, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1954	Kitchener, CA	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1954	Goose Creek, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1954	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1954	Edmonton 3 W, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1954	Dinmore Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1954	Sorel, CA	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	22 years	30 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 488 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	319
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1