Weather Records on 16 April 1982

934 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1982. Highest significance: Hutchinson 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 1982

On 16 April 1982, 934 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 912 daily.
Hutchinson 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 16 April 1982.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

934 stations

934 station records on 16 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.0 mm (9.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aiuaba (Bebedouro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raevsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chipata	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Afonso Bezerra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bentley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

934 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 16 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 16 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1982

Top 20 records on 16 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1982	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1982	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1982	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	141.3 mm (5.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Peoria, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Clarion, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Memphis, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	General Wayne A Downing Intl A, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Danbulla Forestry, AU	monthly rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	231.0 mm (9.1 in)	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	De Rust (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Miyako, JP	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Big Creek, CA	daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Canton, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1982	Aiuaba (Bebedouro), BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	43 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 934 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	693
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1