Weather Records on 20 January 2016

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2016. Highest significance: Kendenup, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 2016

On 20 January 2016, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 713 daily.
Kendenup set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 20 January 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 20 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frankland Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Wold - Lowden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marbling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Muresk Agric.College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aston Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Capercup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gairdner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ucharonidge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North Stirlings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perivale Orchard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marriwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lovozero	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kajlastuj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 20 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 20 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2016

Top 20 records on 20 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2016	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Badgebup, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Trenton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Wilga, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2016	Barooga, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Ongerup, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Chapman Hill, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Frankland Vineyards, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Cowaramup, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	The Wold - Lowden, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Marbling, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Dwarda Downs, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Kirup, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Yoongarillup, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Muresk Agric.College, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2016	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	50 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 726 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,598
2026	193

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Data for records on 2016-01-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	603
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1