Weather Records on 16 January 1920

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1920. Highest significance: Blinman, AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 1920

On 16 January 1920, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 246 daily.
Blinman set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 16 January 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 16 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 16 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1920

Top 20 records on 16 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1920	Blinman, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1920	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1920	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1920	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1920	Beltana, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Hawker, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Ediacara, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Anna Creek, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1920	Southampton, CA	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	22 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 249 records.

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

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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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 10	201
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1