Weather Records on 16 April 1975

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1975. Highest significance: Eureka, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 1975

On 16 April 1975, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 546 daily.
Eureka set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 16 April 1975.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 16 April 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pingrup South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Leopoldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pindai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valenca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chinocup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Fibrebrd Mills	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 16 April 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 16 April 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1975

Top 20 records on 16 April 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1975	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1975	Lady Elliot Island, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Pingrup South, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Boodarockin, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Ovando, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Manga, BR	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Ituverava, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Fazenda Batalha, BR	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Kent, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Austin 3 S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Wickiup Dam, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Turkey Hill North, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1975	Mogumber Farm, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1975	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1975	Carson City, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1975	Hillman, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	33 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 559 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	424
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2