Weather Records on 1 April 2016

842 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 2016. Highest significance: W Pt, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 2016

On 1 April 2016, 842 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
616 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 821 daily.
W Pt set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 1 April 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

842 stations

842 station records on 1 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elliott 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sulligent	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juliette	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alyeska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

842 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 410, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 1 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	410
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 1 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 2016

Top 20 records on 1 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 2016	W Pt, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2016	Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2016	Elliott 4 NW, US	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2016	Tulihe, CN	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2016	Shillong, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Dhubri, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Augusta Bush Fld AP, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Madison 3NNW, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	120 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Cherry Point MCAS, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Kingston, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Cordova AP, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Waltershausen, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Paradise, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Cherokee, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	121 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2016	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 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

1803 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2016. 2016 had 842 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 2016-04-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	660
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2