Weather Records on 16 April 1980

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1980. Highest significance: Witelsbos (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 16 April 1980

On 16 April 1980, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 592 daily.
Witelsbos (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 16 April 1980.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 16 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Guarda (Parque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Matilde (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Teresa Dale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langara	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lerik	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ibate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 16 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 16 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1980

Top 20 records on 16 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1980	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1980	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Baku, AZ	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Rive, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Cape St. Francis, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Fazenda da Guarda (Parque), BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Matilde (Dnos), BR	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Huntingdon, CA	daily low max	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Teresa Dale, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Richmond, CA	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Langara, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Grand Falls, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1980	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	77 years	36 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 596 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	485
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1