Weather Records on 16 January 1969

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1969. Highest significance: Chilton, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1969

On 16 January 1969, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 614 daily.
Chilton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 16 January 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 16 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	553.7 cm (218.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 16 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 16 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1969

Top 20 records on 16 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1969	Chilton, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Juncos 1 SE, PR	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Grand Meadow, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	all-time snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Warfield, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Utuado, PR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Fayette 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Superior, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1969	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 630 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	506
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2