Weather Records on 16 January 2017

1,104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2017. Highest significance: Mt Hope, US.

Key Facts for 16 January 2017

On 16 January 2017, 1,104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
342 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,041 daily.
Mt Hope set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 16 January 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,104 stations

1,104 station records on 16 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hami	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wewoka 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grizzly	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Spring Branch 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gate	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Offerle 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leedey	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,104 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 16 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 16 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 58, daily 1,041.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

952 broken records

Margins by which the 952 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2017

Top 20 records on 16 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2017	Mt Hope, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	109 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 2017	Perryton, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 2017	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 2017	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 2017	Newton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 January 2017	Woodward, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Hami, CN	all-time rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Enterprise, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Greensburg, US	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	114 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Ness City, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Geneseo, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2017	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	67 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2017. 2017 had 1,104 records.

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

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,400
2025	684
2026	506

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Data for records on 2017-01-16: 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 2026-10-12 (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 50	902
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	5