Weather Records on 16 January 1973

1,134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1973. Highest significance: Usina Rio Dos Campos, BR.

Key Facts for 16 January 1973

On 16 January 1973, 1,134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
833 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,112 daily.
Usina Rio Dos Campos set an all-time record daily precipitation of 392.5 mm (15.5 in) on 16 January 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,134 stations

1,134 station records on 16 January 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Usina Rio Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	392.5 mm (15.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunnigan	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	333.9 mm (13.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Planet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Turvinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tapirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,134 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 323, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 510, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 16 January 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	323
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	510
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 16 January 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 1,112.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1973

Top 20 records on 16 January 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1973	Usina Rio Dos Campos, BR	all-time rain	392.5 mm (15.5 in)	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1973	Berkeley, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Burketown Post Office, AU	all-time high max	46.0 C (114.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Dunnigan, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Bilasuvar, AZ	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Represa Itatinga, BR	monthly rain	333.9 mm (13.1 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Planet Downs, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Camptonville Rs, US	monthly rain	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Oroville Brg, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Vacaville, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Half Moon Bay, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Luverne, US	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Pipestone, US	monthly high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Nevada City, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Antigo, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1973	Marquette, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	38 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 1,134 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 50	896
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1