Weather Records on 16 April 1956

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1956. Highest significance: Lancefield, AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1956

On 16 April 1956, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 502 daily.
Lancefield set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 16 April 1956.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 16 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dante	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1956

Top 20 records on 16 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1956	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1956	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1956	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Romsey, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Charleston, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Copperhill, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Woodside, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Wallendbeen (Corang), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Huntington, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Grangeville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Walhalla, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Pelzer, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1956	Mtn City, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 515 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

Download the Data

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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	453
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1