Weather Records on 16 April 1994

928 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1994. Highest significance: Shahristanskij Perev, TJ.

Key Facts for 16 April 1994

On 16 April 1994, 928 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 901 daily.
Shahristanskij Perev set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 16 April 1994.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

928 stations

928 station records on 16 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shahristanskij Perev	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Raudal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwood 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Pilares	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sylacauga 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

928 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 338, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	338
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 901.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

695 broken records

Margins by which the 695 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1994

Top 20 records on 16 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1994	Shahristanskij Perev, TJ	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1994	Surat, IN	monthly rain	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1994	Mariupol', UA	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1994	Dillon, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	El Raudal, MX	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Concord, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Ashland 3 ENE, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Calera, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Cedral, MX	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Watertown, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Canton 4 SE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Rockwood 2, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Los Pilares, MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Towson, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Avon, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Woodbury 1 WNW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1994	Brackettville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	93 years	39 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 928 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	685
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1