Weather Records on 2 January 1916

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1916. Highest significance: Rowlesburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1916

On 2 January 1916, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
Rowlesburg 1 set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 2 January 1916.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 2 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1916

Top 20 records on 2 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1916	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1916	Armagh, GB	daily high max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Putbus, DE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Aurora, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Helmond, NL	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Burlington, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 years	13 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 43 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 10	35
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1