Weather Records on 16 January 1935

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1935. Highest significance: Noyyatinkara, IN.

Key Facts for 16 January 1935

On 16 January 1935, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 412 daily.
Noyyatinkara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 16 January 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 16 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Barracks	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Come By Chance (Oakleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1935

Top 20 records on 16 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1935	Noyyatinkara, IN	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1935	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Branxton 2, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Calcutta/Barracks, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1935	Dirranbandi High School, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Kellys Plain (Haroldston), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Juandah, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Meadow Valley Rs, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1935	The Wilgas, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	29 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 426 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 20	335
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1