Weather Records on 15 January 2016

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2016. Highest significance: Ovezande, NL.

Key Facts for 15 January 2016

On 15 January 2016, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 589 daily.
Ovezande set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 January 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 15 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melangata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Wwtp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrabattgulla (Gilston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casar	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stead	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Risinge	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiloquin 12 NW (Fort Klamath)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson (Tocal AWS)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowther Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Irvine (Booralee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Khan Yunis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thredbo Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shantou	China	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Kelgoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Lower (Araluen Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 15 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 15 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

523 broken records

Margins by which the 523 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

15 January 2016

Top 20 records on 15 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2016	Ovezande, NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Melangata, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	all-time snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Snowball, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Lop Buri, TH	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Abbeville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Suphan Buri, TH	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Songkhla, TH	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	153 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Marion, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Ada, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low max	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Monroe City, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Toronto Wwtp, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2016	Portland (Jamieson St), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	39 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 597 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	477
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2