Weather Records on 16 January 2013

990 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2013. Highest significance: Broomehill, AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 2013

On 16 January 2013, 990 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 976 daily.
Broomehill set a daily record precipitation of 31.6 mm (1.2 in) on 16 January 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

990 stations

990 station records on 16 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Altavista	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Espinosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
John Flannagan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bagstowe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

990 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 16 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 16 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 976.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

827 broken records

Margins by which the 827 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2013

Top 20 records on 16 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2013	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Altavista, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Buckhorn Lake, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Woolwine 1 SE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Valley Head, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Breakell, AU	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Tammin, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Nangeenan, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Radford 3 N, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Appomattox, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Ardath, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Greenvale Township, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Craibstone, GB	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Mtn City 2, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Brookneal, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Bartow 1S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2013	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	46 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 990 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 2013-01-16: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	707
20 to 40	90
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2