Weather Records on 28 January 1916

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1916. Highest significance: Pennyroyal Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1916

On 28 January 1916, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 241 daily.
Pennyroyal Creek set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 28 January 1916.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 28 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Corrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Nangeela)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 28 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1916

Top 20 records on 28 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1916	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1916	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1916	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1916	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Cundare South, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Lake Corrong, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Newlyn Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Stony Mountain, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Stony Mountain, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Toronto, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Camden 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Cap Chat, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1916	Barrie, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	46 years	28 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 247 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	208
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1