Weather Records on 16 January 1952

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1952. Highest significance: Moscow U of I, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1952

On 16 January 1952, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 606 daily.
Moscow U of I set a daily record snow depth of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 16 January 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 16 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lytle Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raywood Flats	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Baldy Fc 85 F	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1952

Top 20 records on 16 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Pattiway, US	all-time rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Fairmont, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Sierraville Rs, US	daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	27.5 cm (10.8 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Ft Wayne Maumee, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	San Fernando, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1952	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1952	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 614 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 100	432
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1