Weather Records on 13 January 2016

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 2016. Highest significance: Olean, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 2016

On 13 January 2016, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 410 daily.
Olean set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 13 January 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 13 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iquitos	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kiffa	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.4 C (110.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.8 C (112.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telavi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.9 C (109.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Djambala	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla Vuotso	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maanti	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atar	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Diourbel	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 13 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 13 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 2016

Top 20 records on 13 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 2016	Olean, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	New London Lock #22, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Van Reenen, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Baldwinsville, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Dorset, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Linguere, SN	monthly high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Iquitos, PE	all-time high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Khlong Yai, TH	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2016	Sibiti, CG	monthly high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 2016	Ouesso, CG	daily high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 2016	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily high max	43.8 C (110.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 2016	Zyrjanka, RU	daily high min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 2016	Willamina, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 422 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 50	363
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1