Weather Records on 16 January 1931

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1931. Highest significance: Salisbury, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1931

On 16 January 1931, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 156 daily.
Salisbury set a daily record snow depth of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 16 January 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

160 stations

160 station records on 16 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow (Belah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1931

Top 20 records on 16 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1931	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1931	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Austin, US	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Boerne, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Tartu, EE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Soltau, DE	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Brackettville, US	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1931	Parnu, EE	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	31 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 160 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 50	129
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1