Weather Records on 16 April 1999

1,330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1999. Highest significance: Mitt. Narsarsuaq, GL.

Key Facts for 16 April 1999

On 16 April 1999, 1,330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 680 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,306 daily.
Mitt. Narsarsuaq set an all-time record daily precipitation of 170.0 mm (6.7 in) on 16 April 1999.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,330 stations

1,330 station records on 16 April 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Celestun (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hennepin Wtr Trmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,330 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 397, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 283, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 16 April 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	397
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	283
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 16 April 1999 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 1,306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,081 broken records

Margins by which the 1,081 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 850.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1999

Top 20 records on 16 April 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1999	Mitt. Narsarsuaq, GL	all-time rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1999	Hatteras, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Muncie Delaware Co AP, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Piper City, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Clear Lake, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Kelliher, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Princeton, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Augusta, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Berkeley, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Dillon 1 E, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	The Dalles, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1999	Callao, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	96 years	44 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 1,330 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 200	1,078
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1