Weather Records on 16 April 2019

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2019. Highest significance: Zakatala, AZ.

Key Facts for 16 April 2019

On 16 April 2019, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 410 daily.
Zakatala set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 16 April 2019.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 16 April 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Multan Intl	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburgh Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strahan Aerodrome	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nampula	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sanders	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Museum	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elabuga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turocak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 16 April 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 16 April 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2019

Top 20 records on 16 April 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2019	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2019	Multan Intl, PK	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2019	Richmond, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Plymouth, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Sisters, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Stanley, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Lahore City, PK	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Burkes Garden, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Preston, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Wheaton, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Essendon Airport, AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Launceston Airport, AU	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2019	Judith Gap, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	60 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2019. 2019 had 413 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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Data for records on 2019-04-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	332
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1