Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024

Name: Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024
Start: 2024-01-01
End: 2024-01-21
Location: China, Vietnam, Macau S.A.R, Mongolia, Thailand

Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024: 217 records at 88 stations, peak on 12 January 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024 set or tied 217 station records at 88 stations.
It ran from 1 January 2024 to 21 January 2024 (21 days) and its peak day was 12 January 2024.
Status: closed.
Bayan Mod set a daily record high maximum temperature of 11.3 C (52.3 F) on 12 January 2024.
The busiest day was 12 January 2024 with 32 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 72 years.

Footprint

1 to 21 January 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024 is outlined, with 11 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bayan Mod	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	2024-01-12
Yibin	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2024-01-15
Bijie	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2024-01-15
Minqin	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2024-01-12
Chongqing	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	2024-01-12
Nanchong	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2024-01-13
Hangzhou	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	2024-01-18
Jiuquan	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	2024-01-12
Baise	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	2024-01-16
Huili	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	2024-01-18
Xiamen	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	2024-01-19

Records per Day

Peak day 32

Records set or tied each day from 1 January 2024 to 21 January 2024. The most in one day was 32 on 12 January 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024
Date	Records
2024-01-01	1
2024-01-02	2
2024-01-03	2
2024-01-04	4
2024-01-05	4
2024-01-06	1
2024-01-07	1
2024-01-09	5
2024-01-10	4
2024-01-11	13
2024-01-12	32
2024-01-13	29
2024-01-14	27
2024-01-15	27
2024-01-16	16
2024-01-17	11
2024-01-18	21
2024-01-19	13
2024-01-20	3
2024-01-21	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024 ranked by margin
Bayan Mod, 01-12	6.9 C (12.4 F)
Jiuquan, 01-12	6.8 C (12.2 F)
Minqin, 01-12	5.3 C (9.5 F)
Bijie, 01-17	4.7 C (8.5 F)
Hangzhou, 01-18	4.4 C (7.9 F)
Yibin, 01-15	3.2 C (5.8 F)
Chongqing, 01-12	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Huili, 01-18	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Bijie, 01-15	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Yibin, 01-16	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Bijie, 01-16	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Yibin, 01-15	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Yibin, 01-14	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Nanchong, 01-13	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Yibin, 01-11	2.2 C (4.0 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

217 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
6.9	64
2.6	64
3.0	64
5.3	64
3.0	69
2.3	64
3.1	57
4.7	68
2.2	65
4.4	58
6.8	41
3.2	52
2.7	52
1.6	64
2.0	64
3.1	40
1.8	64
2.1	57
2.2	57
1.3	64
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.8	69
0.3	72
1.4	58
0.3	37
1.3	64
0.3	69
0.3	69
2.8	57
2.0	58
0.9	68
2.2	52
0.5	64
3.1	45
0.3	64
0.4	64
3.9	42
1.8	58
2.4	52
1.6	58
0.4	64
0.6	65
1.1	58
0.3	68
0.3	64
0.3	64
0.5	58
1.5	44
0.1	64
1.3	52
1.4	48
2.2	42
0.7	52
1.1	44
0.7	52
6.4	10
3.1	36
0.6	52
1.6	36
0.3	52
1.8	36
0.9	52
0.6	48
1.1	36
0.1	52
1.1	41
3.5	21
2.9	20
2.9	20
3.0	26
1.8	36
2.8	26
2.5	21
0.3	44
1.9	36
1.0	36
0.3	40
1.0	37
0.1	41
2.9	21
0.4	36
0.3	36
0.8	33
1.1	36
0.6	37
0.5	36
0.2	36
0.2	36
1.3	20
0.1	36
0.3	36
2.3	21
0.2	36
1.9	28
1.3	26
2.8	21
2.9	21
2.3	21
2.2	21
0.5	36
0.3	32
1.8	16
1.6	21
0.2	36
0.4	36
0.5	37
1.4	21
1.3	20
2.2	17
1.9	21
2.0	21
1.4	20
2.2	8
2.6	2
1.3	21
0.8	21
0.8	21
4.6	2
2.3	14
1.1	21
0.6	24
1.1	20
1.0	21
1.3	21
0.2	28
3.2	12
0.7	32
1.2	21
3.9	2
0.8	21
1.3	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
1.7	8
3.4	2
0.5	20
0.9	21
0.9	20
0.5	21
0.3	21
1.2	17
1.5	17
0.5	21
0.5	22
0.8	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
0.2	21
0.2	21
0.6	21
0.1	21
1.7	0
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.1	21
2.8	5
0.1	17
1.0	9
2.5	2
0.1	17
0.9	13
0.1	17
0.1	17
0.3	22
2.0	8
0.3	13
0.4	13
1.4	4
1.4	0
1.3	1
1.3	1
0.8	8
1.1	21
2.7	2
2.8	0
2.2	0
0.6	14
0.4	20
1.1	1
0.9	8
1.4	4
1.4	4
1.0	1
1.1	1
1.0	2
1.5	2
1.2	0
0.1	17
1.4	0
1.0	2
0.8	4
0.8	4
0.8	0
0.1	21
0.8	8
0.5	12
0.2	4
0.9	2
0.2	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024 (this event)	217 records

Every Record Set

20 of 217

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in China and 4 other countries, 1 to 21 January 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-01-09	Yibin	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	57	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-11	Yibin	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-12	Bayan Mod	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	64	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-12	Minqin	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	64	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-12	Chongqing	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	57	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-12	Jiuquan	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	41	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-13	Nanchong	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-13	Bijie	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	64	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-14	Yibin	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-14	Nanchong	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	64	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-15	Yibin	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	64	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-15	Bijie	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	64	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-15	Yibin	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	52	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-16	Yibin	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	69	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-16	Bijie	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	52	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-16	Baise	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	64	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Bijie	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	68	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-18	Hangzhou	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-18	Huili	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	40	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-19	Xiamen	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	64	31 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 217 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
6.9	64
2.6	64
3.0	64
5.3	64
3.0	69
2.3	64
3.1	57
4.7	68
2.2	65
4.4	58
6.8	41
3.2	52
2.7	52
1.6	64
2.0	64
3.1	40
1.8	64
2.1	57
2.2	57
1.3	64
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.8	69
0.3	72
1.4	58
0.3	37
1.3	64
0.3	69
0.3	69
2.8	57
2.0	58
0.9	68
2.2	52
0.5	64
3.1	45
0.3	64
0.4	64
3.9	42
1.8	58
2.4	52
1.6	58
0.4	64
0.6	65
1.1	58
0.3	68
0.3	64
0.3	64
0.5	58
1.5	44
0.1	64
1.3	52
1.4	48
2.2	42
0.7	52
1.1	44
0.7	52
6.4	10
3.1	36
0.6	52
1.6	36
0.3	52
1.8	36
0.9	52
0.6	48
1.1	36
0.1	52
1.1	41
3.5	21
2.9	20
2.9	20
3.0	26
1.8	36
2.8	26
2.5	21
0.3	44
1.9	36
1.0	36
0.3	40
1.0	37
0.1	41
2.9	21
0.4	36
0.3	36
0.8	33
1.1	36
0.6	37
0.5	36
0.2	36
0.2	36
1.3	20
0.1	36
0.3	36
2.3	21
0.2	36
1.9	28
1.3	26
2.8	21
2.9	21
2.3	21
2.2	21
0.5	36
0.3	32
1.8	16
1.6	21
0.2	36
0.4	36
0.5	37
1.4	21
1.3	20
2.2	17
1.9	21
2.0	21
1.4	20
2.2	8
2.6	2
1.3	21
0.8	21
0.8	21
4.6	2
2.3	14
1.1	21
0.6	24
1.1	20
1.0	21
1.3	21
0.2	28
3.2	12
0.7	32
1.2	21
3.9	2
0.8	21
1.3	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
1.7	8
3.4	2
0.5	20
0.9	21
0.9	20
0.5	21
0.3	21
1.2	17
1.5	17
0.5	21
0.5	22
0.8	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
0.2	21
0.2	21
0.6	21
0.1	21
1.7	0
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.1	21
2.8	5
0.1	17
1.0	9
2.5	2
0.1	17
0.9	13
0.1	17
0.1	17
0.3	22
2.0	8
0.3	13
0.4	13
1.4	4
1.4	0
1.3	1
1.3	1
0.8	8
1.1	21
2.7	2
2.8	0
2.2	0
0.6	14
0.4	20
1.1	1
0.9	8
1.4	4
1.4	4
1.0	1
1.1	1
1.0	2
1.5	2
1.2	0
0.1	17
1.4	0
1.0	2
0.8	4
0.8	4
0.8	0
0.1	21
0.8	8
0.5	12
0.2	4
0.9	2
0.2	4

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
6.9	64
2.6	64
3.0	64
5.3	64
3.0	69
2.3	64
3.1	57
4.7	68
2.2	65
4.4	58
6.8	41
3.2	52
2.7	52
1.6	64
2.0	64
3.1	40
1.8	64
2.1	57
2.2	57
1.3	64
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.8	69
0.3	72
1.4	58
0.3	37
1.3	64
0.3	69
0.3	69
2.8	57
2.0	58
0.9	68
2.2	52
0.5	64
3.1	45
0.3	64
0.4	64
3.9	42
1.8	58
2.4	52
1.6	58
0.4	64
0.6	65
1.1	58
0.3	68
0.3	64
0.3	64
0.5	58
1.5	44
0.1	64
1.3	52
1.4	48
2.2	42
0.7	52
1.1	44
0.7	52
6.4	10
3.1	36
0.6	52
1.6	36
0.3	52
1.8	36
0.9	52
0.6	48
1.1	36
0.1	52
1.1	41
3.5	21
2.9	20
2.9	20
3.0	26
1.8	36
2.8	26
2.5	21
0.3	44
1.9	36
1.0	36
0.3	40
1.0	37
0.1	41
2.9	21
0.4	36
0.3	36
0.8	33
1.1	36
0.6	37
0.5	36
0.2	36
0.2	36
1.3	20
0.1	36
0.3	36
2.3	21
0.2	36
1.9	28
1.3	26
2.8	21
2.9	21
2.3	21
2.2	21
0.5	36
0.3	32
1.8	16
1.6	21
0.2	36
0.4	36
0.5	37
1.4	21
1.3	20
2.2	17
1.9	21
2.0	21
1.4	20
2.2	8
2.6	2
1.3	21
0.8	21
0.8	21
4.6	2
2.3	14
1.1	21
0.6	24
1.1	20
1.0	21
1.3	21
0.2	28
3.2	12
0.7	32
1.2	21
3.9	2
0.8	21
1.3	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
1.7	8
3.4	2
0.5	20
0.9	21
0.9	20
0.5	21
0.3	21
1.2	17
1.5	17
0.5	21
0.5	22
0.8	21
3.3	2
0.5	21
0.2	21
0.2	21
0.6	21
0.1	21
1.7	0
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.1	21
2.8	5
0.1	17
1.0	9
2.5	2
0.1	17
0.9	13
0.1	17
0.1	17
0.3	22
2.0	8
0.3	13
0.4	13
1.4	4
1.4	0
1.3	1
1.3	1
0.8	8
1.1	21
2.7	2
2.8	0
2.2	0
0.6	14
0.4	20
1.1	1
0.9	8
1.4	4
1.4	4
1.0	1
1.1	1
1.0	2
1.5	2
1.2	0
0.1	17
1.4	0
1.0	2
0.8	4
0.8	4
0.8	0
0.1	21
0.8	8
0.5	12
0.2	4
0.9	2
0.2	4