Weather Records on 16 January 1943

628 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1943. Highest significance: Bancroft, CA.

Key Facts for 16 January 1943

On 16 January 1943, 628 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 595 daily.
Bancroft set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 16 January 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

628 stations

628 station records on 16 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.9 C (-52.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.4 C (-40.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

628 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1943

Top 20 records on 16 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1943	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Orenburg, RU	all-time low min	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Kurgan, RU	all-time low min	-46.9 C (-52.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1943	Hampton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Mardan South, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Dharmasala, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	20.0 C (36.0 F)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Newport, US	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Coldwater, US	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Kindersley, CA	all-time low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Grand Canyon HQ, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1943	Corning, US	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	26 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 628 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	469
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1