Weather Records on 16 April 2017

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2017. Highest significance: Zadar, HR.

Key Facts for 16 April 2017

On 16 April 2017, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 434 daily.
Zadar set a daily record precipitation of 49.4 mm (1.9 in) on 16 April 2017.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 16 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leba	Poland	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mactan Cebu Intl	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Sur	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedara	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hurley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jingdezhen	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asosan	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallands_Vadero	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2017

Top 20 records on 16 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2017	Zadar, HR	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Leba, PL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Mactan Cebu Intl, PH	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Blaine, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Wichita, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Hoyt 2SE, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Onaway 4N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Ironwood, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Liberal, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Holland 1 E, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Cadillac, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Tenerife/Sur, ES	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2017	Chuxiong, CN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2017	Markovo, RU	daily high max	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 2017	Alpena Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2017. 2017 had 441 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 2026-10-17 (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	305
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1