Weather Records on 17 January 2016

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2016. Highest significance: Hayden, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 2016

On 17 January 2016, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 445 daily.
Hayden set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 17 January 2016.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 17 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdjali	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Willows Gemfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jesup 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Smith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ryegate 18 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irbejskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harry L Englebright Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayandelger	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ujar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 17 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 17 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 445.

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 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2016

Top 20 records on 17 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2016	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2016	N'Guigni, NE	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2016	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2016	Tulcea, RO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Kurdjali, BG	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Willows Gemfields, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Wauchula, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Larissa, GR	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Odesa, UA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Newman, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Munising, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Misurata, LY	daily low max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Venice, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Edirne, TR	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Princess Anne, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2016	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	17 years	41 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 458 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 50	355
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1