Weather Records on 23 April 2016

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2016. Highest significance: Chihuahua, MX.

Key Facts for 23 April 2016

On 23 April 2016, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
361 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 516 daily.
Chihuahua set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 23 April 2016.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 23 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chihuahua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balch Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij Ufalej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jack Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seventysix Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toora-Hem	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Lorenzo 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magic Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2016

Top 20 records on 23 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2016	Chihuahua, MX	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Balch Pwr House, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Verhnij Ufalej, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Boca, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Farmington, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Bear Creek, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Jack Creek Upper, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Marion, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Pacific House, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Annex Creek, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Zlatoust, RU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Uglegorsk, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Seventysix Creek, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Norton W, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Glenbrook, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Lumberton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2016	Haines AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 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 542 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	390
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3