Weather Records on 16 January 1999

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1999. Highest significance: Mt Clemens Ang Base, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1999

On 16 January 1999, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 760 daily.
Mt Clemens Ang Base set a daily record snow depth of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 16 January 1999.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 16 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Porjus	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ylitornio Tormasjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_By	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Svanstein	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.6 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karungi	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dimas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Home Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield Hollow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 16 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 16 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 54, daily 760.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 965.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1999

Top 20 records on 16 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1999	Malmberget, SE	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1999	Porjus, SE	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1999	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1999	Ylitornio Tormasjarvi, FI	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Nattavaara_By, SE	monthly rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Svanstein, SE	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Farmington, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Warren 3 S, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Richland, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Hillsdale, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Corinna, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Detroit Metro AP, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Angola, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Madison, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Kooline, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Valsjon, SE	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Montpelier, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1999	Painesville 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 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

1795 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 816 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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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 200	648
200 to 400	10
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1