Weather Records on 16 January 2024

2,401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2024. Highest significance: Mc Minnville, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 2024

On 16 January 2024, 2,401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 1,653 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 85 monthly and 2,299 daily.
Mc Minnville set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 16 January 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 16 January 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malad City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir City	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyringham (Glenferneigh (Ring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Divide	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Stone Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cattle Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nana Glen (Cowling Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,401 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 827, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 826, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 178.

Records on 16 January 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	827
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	826
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	178

Records on 16 January 2024 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 85, daily 2,299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,128 broken records

Margins by which the 2,128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2024

Top 20 records on 16 January 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2024	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Knoxville Exp STN, US	all-time snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	8 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	113 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Shoshone, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Malad City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2024	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Ebor (the Racecourse), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Kingston, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Orama (Darkwood Road), AU	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Cheltenham Kingston Centre, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Allerton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	117 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Lenoir City, US	all-time snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Kingston Springs, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Tyringham (Glenferneigh (Ring, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Pikeville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2024	Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield), AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 2,401 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 January 2024
Margin	Records
0 to 50	2,000
50 to 100	91
100 to 150	30
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1