Weather Records on 16 April 2024

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2024. Highest significance: Wakefield 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2024

On 16 April 2024, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
507 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 721 daily.
Wakefield 3NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 16 April 2024.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 16 April 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yabucoa 3 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Changsha	China	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams Fk Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shiraz	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honeyman Sp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche 22 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 272, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	272
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 721.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2024

Top 20 records on 16 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2024	Wakefield 3NW, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	111 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 April 2024	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Yabucoa 3 SE, PR	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2024	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Dzhalal-Abad, KG	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Highmore, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	29.1 C (84.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Calarasi, RO	monthly high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Kahuku 912, US	monthly low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Le Mars, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Encarnacion, PY	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Lake Sharpe Prj, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2024	White Cliff Point, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	48 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2024. 2024 had 746 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 25	573
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1