Weather Records on 16 January 1938

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1938. Highest significance: Cambridge (Milford), AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 1938

On 16 January 1938, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 539 daily.
Cambridge (Milford) set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 16 January 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 16 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1938

Top 20 records on 16 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1938	Cambridge (Milford), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Boorowa Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1938	Coronga Peak, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Narra Allen, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Sandford (Maydena), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1938	Erambie, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 549 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	454
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2