Weather Records on 15 April 2016

602 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 2016. Highest significance: Chester, US.

Key Facts for 15 April 2016

On 15 April 2016, 602 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 578 daily.
Chester set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 15 April 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

602 stations

602 station records on 15 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hingham 12 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bila Tserkva	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Priluky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocker Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna/Alvedro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carter 14 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Badger Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

602 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 15 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 15 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 17, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 2016

Top 20 records on 15 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 2016	Chester, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 April 2016	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 April 2016	Chinook, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	119 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Tallulah, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	104 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Hayden, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Hingham 12 N, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2016	Wolf Pt, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Hvaler, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Heyuan, CN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Boise City 2 E, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Kiev, UA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Bila Tserkva, UA	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Galata 16 SW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	121 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Jiexiu, CN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Liubashivka, UA	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2016	Nizhyn, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	46 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

1801 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2016. 2016 had 602 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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	487
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2