Weather Records on 16 April 2016

742 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2016. Highest significance: Dodge City, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2016

On 16 April 2016, 742 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 709 daily.
Dodge City set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 16 April 2016.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

742 stations

742 station records on 16 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Taos	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Matei Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	357.3 mm (14.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Udu Point	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rotuma	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	153.8 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suhinici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joes	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

742 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 16 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 16 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 425.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2016

Top 20 records on 16 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2016	Dodge City, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Imperial, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	116 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Taos, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Burlington, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Idalia, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Hobart Muni AP, US	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2016	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	Richfield 10 WSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	St Francis 8NW, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	Ellsworth 2W, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	Manassa, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2016	Palisade, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	57 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 742 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 2026-10-16 (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 100	629
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1