Weather Records on 16 April 2015

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2015. Highest significance: Kealakekua 26.2, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2015

On 16 April 2015, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 566 daily.
Kealakekua 26.2 set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 16 April 2015.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 16 April 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porphyry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sunshine 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hialeah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klagenfurt(Civ/Mil)	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 16 April 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 16 April 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2015

Top 20 records on 16 April 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2015	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 April 2015	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Culman, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Huelva, ES	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Milford, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2015	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Chattanooga AP, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Goodland, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Srednjaja Olekma, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Rangely 1E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Nagornyj, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Paonia 1SW, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Ninety Nine Is, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2015	San Francisco Oceanside, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	50 years	43 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 574 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 25	433
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1