Weather Records on 17 January 1916

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1916. Highest significance: Wiarton, CA.

Key Facts for 17 January 1916

On 17 January 1916, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 46 daily.
Wiarton set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 17 January 1916.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 17 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 8, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1916

Top 20 records on 17 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1916	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1916	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	31.3 C (88.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Malvern, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	41.2 C (106.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Maly Uzen', RU	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	Malvern, US	daily snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	23 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1916	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	12 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 47 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 50	39
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1