Weather Records on 1 January 2016

570 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2016. Highest significance: Keeroongooloo, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 2016

On 1 January 2016, 570 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 522 daily.
Keeroongooloo set a daily record precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 1 January 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

570 stations

570 station records on 1 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surigao	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopen	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juan Mendoza	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abeche	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Littlefield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Slaton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
China Lake Naf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skrova Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stavropol (Amsg)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

570 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 1 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 1 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2016

Top 20 records on 1 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2016	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2016	Simao, CN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Brackettville, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Mungeranie (Kalamurina), AU	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Darlington, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Fernandina Beach, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Washta, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Mountainair, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Batesburg, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Surigao, PH	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Kislovodsk, RU	daily low max	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Isfjord Radio, NO	monthly high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Sotchi, RU	daily low max	0.9 C (33.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Krasnaja Poljana, RU	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2016	Rize, TR	daily low max	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	73 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

1798 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2016. 2016 had 570 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	810
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	590
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	849

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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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	434
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1