Weather Records on 2 January 2016

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2016. Highest significance: Windorah Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 2016

On 2 January 2016, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 571 daily.
Windorah Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 2 January 2016.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 2 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton Point (the Ridge Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moothandella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswalder Oie	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choke Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takaroa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balikesir	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record high minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Poplars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welder Wildlife Foundation	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goa/Panjim	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 2 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 2 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2016

Top 20 records on 2 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2016	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	126 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 January 2016	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2016	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2016	Whynot Station, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Gavar, AM	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Monclova, MX	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Hayfield, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Mungeranie (Kalamurina), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	126 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Moose Pass 3NW, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Bolton Point (the Ridge Way), AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Cotulla la Salle Co AP, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Paisley, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Saskylah, RU	monthly high max	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2016	Kingsville Naas, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	40 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

1794 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 603 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 2026-10-16 (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	492
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1