Weather Records on 16 April 1959

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1959. Highest significance: Manati 2 E, PR.

Key Facts for 16 April 1959

On 16 April 1959, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 338 daily.
Manati 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 16 April 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 16 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loweth	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vandanmettu	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1959

Top 20 records on 16 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1959	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1959	Zinapecuaro, MX	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Jordan, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn), MX	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Uruapan (Smn), MX	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Kalli, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Rapelje, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Hoofddorp, NL	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn), MX	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Mellenbye, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Kherson, UA	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Loweth, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1959	Powell, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 360 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 100	306
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1