Weather Records on 16 April 1984

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1984. Highest significance: Tennant Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1984

On 16 April 1984, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 703 daily.
Tennant Creek Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 16 April 1984.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 16 April 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogland	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silkwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.4 mm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Careacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caldervale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 April 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 April 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 703.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1984

Top 20 records on 16 April 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1984	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1984	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Launiupoko Intake 376, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Whyalla (Nonowie), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Trang, TH	daily rain	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Seeley Lake Rs, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Socorro, BR	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Martim Francisco, BR	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Monte Alegre Do Sul, BR	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	21.4 C (70.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Porthill, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Kotzebue AP, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Gogland, RU	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Nevada City, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Cascade 5 S, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Chester, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	78 years	35 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1984. 1984 had 712 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 20	546
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1