Weather Records on 19 January 1916

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1916. Highest significance: Knysna (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 19 January 1916

On 19 January 1916, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 45 daily.
Knysna (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 19 January 1916.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 19 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 19 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 45.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1916

Top 20 records on 19 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1916	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Baku, AZ	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	monthly rain	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Umea, SE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	0 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1916	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	29 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

1796 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 46 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	33
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1