Weather Records on 16 January 2026

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2026. Highest significance: Tanybryn, AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 2026

On 16 January 2026, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 497 daily.
Tanybryn set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 16 January 2026.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

506 stations

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

Weather records on 16 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monahan Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.8 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan (Ravencroft)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wushaoling	China	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yuncheng	China	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albro Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alyeska	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port San Juan	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pohang	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany SW Georgia Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rouchel Brook (Albano)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikko	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgan	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shimizu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Butte 2ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2026

Top 20 records on 16 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2026	Tanybryn, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2026	Reus/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2026	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2026	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2026	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	115 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Genoa (Fools Haven), AU	daily rain	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Monahan Flat, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Surbiton Station, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Stormont Castle, GB	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	110 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Eden (Timbillica), AU	monthly rain	171.8 mm (6.8 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Old Faithful, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Betanga, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Hordern Vale, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Middleboro, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Mount Nowa Nowa, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Riverton, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2026	Wapengo Lake Road, AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	41 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 506 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	384
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1