Weather Records on 25 January 1916

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1916. Highest significance: Toronto, CA.

Key Facts for 25 January 1916

On 25 January 1916, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 89 daily.
Toronto set a daily record high minimum temperature of 4.4 C (39.9 F) on 25 January 1916.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 25 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 5, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	5
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1916

Top 20 records on 25 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1916	Toronto, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Portland Rfc City, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Wien, AT	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Buffalo, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Buffalo, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Stratford, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Portland, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Toledo Blade, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Barrie, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	26 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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 89 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1916-01-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	76
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1