Weather Records on 23 January 2016

1,168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2016. Highest significance: Jiuquan, CN.

Key Facts for 23 January 2016

On 23 January 2016, 1,168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 36 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,041 daily.
Jiuquan set an all-time record daily precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 23 January 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,168 stations

1,168 station records on 23 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jiuquan	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.5 cm (26.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hazard State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.4 cm (21.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	62.2 cm (24.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
New Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	72.6 cm (28.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.3 cm (19.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.7 cm (30.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oneida	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Swg Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mtwara	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapon St Pk #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.1 cm (26.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	69.3 cm (27.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,168 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 234, Deepest snow cover 176.

Records on 23 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	234
Deepest snow cover	176

Records on 23 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 36, monthly 91, daily 1,041.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,039 broken records

Margins by which the 1,039 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2016

Top 20 records on 23 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2016	Jiuquan, CN	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	119 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	all-time snowfall	66.5 cm (26.2 in)	18.2 cm (7.2 in)	53 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Grantsville 1ESE, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Culgoa, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Reading Wb City, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	128 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Jfk Intl AP, US	all-time snowfall	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	12 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Quambatook South, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Martinsville Fltr Plt, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Hazard State Police, US	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Rowlesburg 1, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	160 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Martinsville Fltr Plt, US	monthly snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily snowfall	54.4 cm (21.4 in)	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2016	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 years	64 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

1795 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 1,168 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 2026-10-12 (12 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	909
100 to 200	94
200 to 300	26
300 to 400	8
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1