Weather Records on 16 January 2004

1,446 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2004. Highest significance: Cleburne, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 2004

On 16 January 2004, 1,446 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,396 daily.
Cleburne set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 16 January 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,446 stations

1,446 station records on 16 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Acapulco de Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Regleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bogewong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Guarda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chichihualco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gundoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marfa 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Cuitlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufbeuren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,446 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 180, Highest daily minimum 300, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 794, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 16 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	180
Highest daily minimum	300
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	794
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 16 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 42, daily 1,396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,228 broken records

Margins by which the 1,228 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 2004

Top 20 records on 16 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2004	Cleburne, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Jundah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Beechal, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	105 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Clinton, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Stonehenge, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Goombie, AU	daily rain	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Conroe, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Canaan, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Quambone Station, AU	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Thora Post Office, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Acapulco de Juarez (Smn), MX	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2004	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2004	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	101.7 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2004	Noonbah, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2004	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2004	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2004	Dallas FAA AP, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,446 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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Data for records on 2004-01-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,193
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1