Weather Records on 4 January 1916

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1916. Highest significance: Burra (Poonunda), AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1916

On 4 January 1916, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 59 daily.
Burra (Poonunda) set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 4 January 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 4 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 4 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1916

Top 20 records on 4 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1916	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1916	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Elliston, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Junsele, SE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Lund, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Whittata, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Riverton, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	18 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1916	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	14 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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 59 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 5	34
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1