Weather Records on 12 January 1912

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1912. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1912

On 12 January 1912, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 52 daily.
Barrie set an all-time record low maximum temperature of -23.3 C (-9.9 F) on 12 January 1912.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 12 January 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nicola Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 January 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 January 1912 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1912

Top 20 records on 12 January 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1912	Barrie, CA	all-time low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low min	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Kiev, UA	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Madison Wb City, US	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Dubuque River, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Nicola Lake, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Port Dover, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	Lindsay, CA	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1912	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1912. 1912 had 55 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	36
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1