Weather Records on 26 January 1916

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1916. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1916

On 26 January 1916, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 137 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 26 January 1916.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 26 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 26 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1916

Top 20 records on 26 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1916	Lawrence, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1916	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Toronto, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Portland, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Concord, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Buffalo, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Barrie, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Lucknow, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Armagh, GB	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1916	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	20 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 139 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1916-01-26: 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 10	113
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1