Weather Records on 16 January 1934

99 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1934. Highest significance: Kulasekarapatnam, IN.

Key Facts for 16 January 1934

On 16 January 1934, 99 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 97 daily.
Kulasekarapatnam set a daily record precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 16 January 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

99 stations

99 station records on 16 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

99 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 97.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1934

Top 20 records on 16 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1934	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1934	Pamban, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1934	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1934	Arasadi, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1934	Sattankulam, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Kayatnur, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Srivaikuntam, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Porterville, US	monthly low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Osijek, HR	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Carrieton (Pamatta), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Attingal, IN	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1934	Haigler, US	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	39 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 99 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	72
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1