Weather Records on 18 January 2016

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2016. Highest significance: Tabou, CI.

Key Facts for 18 January 2016

On 18 January 2016, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 582 daily.
Tabou set a daily record precipitation of 103.9 mm (4.1 in) on 18 January 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

599 stations

599 station records on 18 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Komisarivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lorna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wereroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.8 mm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Prairie Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kobeliaky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 18 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 18 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2016

Top 20 records on 18 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2016	Tabou, CI	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2016	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2016	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Quincy, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Kalkaska, US	daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Choshi, JP	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Kursk, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Modesto AP, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Tokyo, JP	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Wattoning, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Krasnohrad, UA	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Allerton, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Komisarivka, UA	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Washta, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Kellerberrin, AU	daily low max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Northdale, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Shoshone, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2016	Poltava, UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	45 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 599 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	527
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,033
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	350

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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 20	481
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1