Weather Records on 11 April 2016

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 2016. Highest significance: Wooroloo, AU.

Key Facts for 11 April 2016

On 11 April 2016, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 515 daily.
Wooroloo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 11 April 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 11 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Bay Coast Grd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flint 7W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Rioja Aero.	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xigaze	China	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steubenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 13, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 2016

Top 20 records on 11 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 2016	Wooroloo, AU	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 April 2016	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Canyon Dam, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	127 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Weaverville, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Quincy, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Bayard, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Surin, TH	all-time high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Napa State Hospital, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Cambridge, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Gunnedah Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Yreka, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	W Branch 3SE, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Winchester Bay Coast Grd, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2016	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	all-time high max	43.2 C (109.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	38 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

1800 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2016. 2016 had 534 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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	389
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3