Weather Records on 9 January 2016

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2016. Highest significance: Wick, GB.

Key Facts for 9 January 2016

On 9 January 2016, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 599 daily.
Wick set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 9 January 2016.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 9 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponferrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Senorita Divide #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi Bindi East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noumerat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Huron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gruver	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Fap David Abenzur Rengifo	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinega	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 241, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 9 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	241
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 9 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 599.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2016

Top 20 records on 9 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2016	Wick, GB	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2016	Post, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2016	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Ponferrada, ES	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Virtsu, EE	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Crosbyton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Streator 2SE, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Meeker, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Logansport, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Senorita Divide #2, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Ristna, EE	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Tuscola, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Gascon, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Coldwater St School, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Lynch, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	McGill, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Ninghan Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Bajramaly, TM	daily high max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2016	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	37 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

1799 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2016. 2016 had 616 records.

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

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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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	496
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3