Weather Records on 16 January 1981

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1981. Highest significance: Ft Collins, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1981

On 16 January 1981, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 772 daily.
Ft Collins set a daily record snowfall of 25.9 cm (10.2 in) on 16 January 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 16 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Callejones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Tule (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Comala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atequiza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Churumuco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Desembocada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jardim de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Autlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 16 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 16 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 36, daily 772.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1981

Top 20 records on 16 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1981	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1981	La Union, MX	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1981	Puerto Vallarta, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Presa Potrerillos, MX	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Tarandacuao, MX	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Armeria, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Villa Juarez, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Callejones, MX	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Buenavista, MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	El Salto, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Tacotan, MX	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	Forquilhinha, BR	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	El Tule (Smn), MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1981	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1981. 1981 had 815 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	2,400
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	655
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1