Weather Records on 16 January 2021

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2021. Highest significance: Kosice, SK.

Key Facts for 16 January 2021

On 16 January 2021, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 527 daily.
Kosice set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 16 January 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 16 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Getafe	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Death Valley Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xigaze	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miyako	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N Foster 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
March AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Siping	China	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Torrejon	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 16 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 16 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2021

Top 20 records on 16 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2021	Kosice, SK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2021	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Dohne, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Steubenville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	J.G.H. van der Wath Airp, NA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Manchester AP, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Mitcham, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Hobart Airport, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Hartford-Bradley Intl AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Santa Barbara Muni AP, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Livermore, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Freiamt-Ottoschwanden, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Natural Brg, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Tonopah, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Concord ASOS, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Sibley, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2021	Minneota, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	38 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2021. 2021 had 544 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	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	428
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2