Weather Records on 16 January 1975

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1975. Highest significance: Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1975

On 16 January 1975, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
458 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 655 daily.
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 16 January 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 16 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.9 cm (23.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.8 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zonia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 16 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 16 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 60, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1975

Top 20 records on 16 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1975	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1975	Grand Marais 2 E, US	all-time snowfall	58.9 cm (23.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	24 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1975	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Ontonagon, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Dalrymple Heights, AU	daily rain	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	165.7 mm (6.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Catharinasvlei, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	7.7 C (45.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Guarabira, BR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Maseru, LS	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Proa Station, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Bomnak, RU	daily high min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1975	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	76 years	36 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 717 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	599
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1