Weather Records on 16 April 1955

377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1955. Highest significance: Esplanada, BR.

Key Facts for 16 April 1955

On 16 April 1955, 377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 376 daily.
Esplanada set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 16 April 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

377 stations

377 station records on 16 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Metaline Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Obsidian 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

377 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 16 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 16 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1955

Top 20 records on 16 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1955	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Bumping Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Junqueiro, BR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Fish Lake, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Tunnel Camp, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1955	Metaline Falls, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Sao Joao Do Cariri, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Kaslo, CA	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Plauen, DE	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Leliekloof, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Big Creek, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Turbine, CA	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1955	Obsidian 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	10 years	27 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 377 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 50	259
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1