Weather Records on 16 January 1937

186 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1937. Highest significance: Mestad I Oddernes, NO.

Key Facts for 16 January 1937

On 16 January 1937, 186 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 183 daily.
Mestad I Oddernes set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 16 January 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

186 stations

186 station records on 16 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalpunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

186 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 183.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1937

Top 20 records on 16 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1937	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1937	Canyon Ferry, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1937	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1937	Mykland, NO	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Williams, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Snowflake, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Kellogg, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1937	Fort St James, CA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	33 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 186 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 200	144
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1