Weather Records on 16 April 2026

1,065 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2026. Highest significance: Waukesha Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2026

On 16 April 2026, 1,065 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
631 were record highs and 297 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,035 daily.
Waukesha Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 16 April 2026.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,065 stations

1,065 station records on 16 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskey Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chicopee Falls Westover Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durango Dgo.	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chicopee Falls Westover Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan 3 SE - WFO Mkx	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hicksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,065 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 366, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 16 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	366
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 16 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 1,035.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

790 broken records

Margins by which the 790 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2026

Top 20 records on 16 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2026	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2026	W Allis, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2026	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2026	Winvic, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Columbus, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	McMillin Rsvr, US	monthly low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Ardmore, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Crater Lake Nps HQ, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Waverly, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	129 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Whitewater Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Whiskey Creek, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Dubois Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	129 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2026	Bucyrus, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	129 years	42 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2026. 2026 had 1,065 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	760
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1