Weather Records on 16 April 1924

131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1924. Highest significance: Sandvig, DK.

Key Facts for 16 April 1924

On 16 April 1924, 131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 125 daily.
Sandvig set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 16 April 1924.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

131 stations

131 station records on 16 April 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

131 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 16 April 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 April 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 125.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1924

Top 20 records on 16 April 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1924	Sandvig, DK	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1924	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1924	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1924	Oakbank, CA	all-time snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1924	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1924	Oakbank, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Minto, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Teterow, DE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Weimar, DE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Nossen, DE	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1924	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	32 years	20 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 131 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	93
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2