Weather Records on 22 January 2016

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2016. Highest significance: Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 2016

On 22 January 2016, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 812 daily.
Bowling Green Warren Co AP set a monthly record daily snowfall of 31.0 cm (12.2 in) on 22 January 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 22 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Linxi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.3 cm (14.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wushaoling	China	Record low maximum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guntown 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 85.

Records on 22 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	85

Records on 22 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 17, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 2016

Top 20 records on 22 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2016	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	monthly snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2016	N Fk 2, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2016	Tryon, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Niceville, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Greenville, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Garze, CN	all-time rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Haddam, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Long Beach Exp STN, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Pocahontas 1, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Barren Rvr Lake, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Highlands, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	State UNIV, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Winchester 7 SE, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2016	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 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 837 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,484
2026	230

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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 100	691
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1