Weather Records on 16 January 1987

1,465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1987. Highest significance: Los Alamos, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1987

On 16 January 1987, 1,465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 593 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,405 daily.
Los Alamos set an all-time record snow depth of 101.6 cm (40.0 in) on 16 January 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,465 stations

1,465 station records on 16 January 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.1 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rye	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Valmora	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valmora	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thoreau	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alcalde	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thoreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gateway 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,465 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 423, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 179, Deepest snow cover 128.

Records on 16 January 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	423
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	179
Deepest snow cover	128

Records on 16 January 1987 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 43, daily 1,405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,234 broken records

Margins by which the 1,234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1987

Top 20 records on 16 January 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1987	Los Alamos, US	all-time snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 1987	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Los Alamos, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Morstone Station, AU	daily rain	154.1 mm (6.1 in)	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Tres Piedras, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Colorado Springs Muni AP, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Rye, US	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Valmora, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1987	Valmora, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Laguna, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Laguna, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Estancia 4N, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Estancia 4N, US	all-time snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Oracle 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Bell Ranch, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Laguna, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1987	Thoreau, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	53 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 had 1,465 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 January 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,174
100 to 200	47
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1