Weather Records on 16 April 2005

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2005. Highest significance: Tucumcari 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2005

On 16 April 2005, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 493 daily.
Tucumcari 4 NE set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 16 April 2005.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 16 April 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malham Tarn	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Star Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tzitzio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Portage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 April 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2005

Top 20 records on 16 April 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2005	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2005	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Gadag, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Lajas Substn, PR	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Nehalem 9 NE, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Markovo, RU	daily low min	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Snow Creek Upper, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Cougar 6 E, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Payerne, CH	monthly rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2005	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2005	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2005	Grayland, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2005	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2005	Bremerton, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2005	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 504 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 10	365
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1