Weather Records on 16 January 1945

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1945. Highest significance: Port Jervis, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1945

On 16 January 1945, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 423 daily.
Port Jervis set a daily record snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 16 January 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 16 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boynedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ewan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Moriac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Den)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 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 1945

Top 20 records on 16 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1945	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1945	Shelford, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Belvidere, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Mole Creek, AU	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Moina, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	St Patricks River (Targa Farm), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Brid Farm, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Ephrata, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Sheffield, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Sharon Springs 1N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Gettysburg, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1945	Wilmot (Back Road), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1945. 1945 had 434 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	347
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	1