Weather Records on 16 April 1997

699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1997. Highest significance: Lyons River, AU.

Key Facts for 16 April 1997

On 16 April 1997, 699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 379 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 684 daily.
Lyons River set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 16 April 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

699 stations

699 station records on 16 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Copalillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinez de la Torre (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record snow depth	178.0 cm (70.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Glacier	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Konya	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pajala	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hulett	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

699 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 172, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 207, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 16 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	172
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	207
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 16 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1997

Top 20 records on 16 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1997	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Copalillo, MX	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Camp Crook, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Sundance, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Karesuando, SE	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Marshall, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Onslow, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Anderson, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Lemmon, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Storsteinnes I Balsfjord, NO	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Ankenes, NO	daily snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Placerville, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1997	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	84 years	37 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 699 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	517
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1