Weather Records on 19 January 2016

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2016. Highest significance: Busselton Shire, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 2016

On 19 January 2016, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 665 daily.
Busselton Shire set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 19 January 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

682 stations

682 station records on 19 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wyndarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rosa Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
One Tree Bridge (Hazelmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Wold - Lowden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perivale Orchard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aston Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vermeulen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkwall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walters Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 19 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 19 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2016

Top 20 records on 19 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2016	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Kirup, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Wyndarra, AU	all-time rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Wonnaminta, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Nannup, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Paveletz, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Deeside, AU	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Newbicup, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	Rosa Brook, AU	monthly rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2016	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1796 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 682 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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 50	600
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1