Weather Records on 3 January 1916

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1916. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 3 January 1916

On 3 January 1916, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 60 daily.
Oxford set a daily record high maximum temperature of 12.4 C (54.3 F) on 3 January 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 3 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Corrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 3 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 60.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1916

Top 20 records on 3 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1916	Oxford, GB	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1916	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Wien, AT	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Wien, AT	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Mount Poole, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Lake Corrong, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	15 years	15 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 60 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 20	48
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1