Weather Records on 16 January 1939

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1939. Highest significance: Robe Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 1939

On 16 January 1939, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 490 daily.
Robe Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 16 January 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 16 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 16 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 16 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1939

Top 20 records on 16 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1939	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1939	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1939	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1939	Kingscote, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1939	Cleve (Pineside), AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Cape de Couedic, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Warooka, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1939	Stawell, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1939. 1939 had 539 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	488
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1