Weather Records on 4 April 2016

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 2016. Highest significance: Brockton, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 2016

On 4 April 2016, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 759 daily.
Brockton set a daily record snowfall of 11.4 cm (4.5 in) on 4 April 2016.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 4 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chemung	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matuku	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owego 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ono-I-Lau	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	245.7 mm (9.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 268, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 4 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	268
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 4 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 2016

Top 20 records on 4 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 2016	Brockton, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	121 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2016	Chemung, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Brockport, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	138 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Matuku, FJ	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Hanover, US	monthly low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Fulton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Addison, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Addison, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Kingston, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Standish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Storrs, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Waverly, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Brockton, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	119 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Elmira, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2016	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	116 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 795 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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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 20	586
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	7
120 to 140	2