Weather Records on 22 January 1916

48 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1916. Highest significance: Gunnedah Pool, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1916

On 22 January 1916, 48 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 46 daily.
Gunnedah Pool set a daily record low minimum temperature of 6.7 C (44.1 F) on 22 January 1916.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

48 stations

48 station records on 22 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

48 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 6, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	6
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 19.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1916

Top 20 records on 22 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Magdeburg, DE	monthly high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Wien, AT	daily high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Barrie, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Hamilton, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Concord, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Philadelphia City, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	9 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	14 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	13 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	13 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Sveg, SE	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Gavle, SE	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily low max	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	21 years	11 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 48 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 3	31
3 to 5	5
5 to 8	2
8 to 10	1
10 to 13	0
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	0
18 to 20	2