Weather Records on 12 January 1914

67 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1914. Highest significance: Charlotte Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1914

On 12 January 1914, 67 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 66 daily.
Charlotte Waters set an all-time record daily precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 12 January 1914.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

67 stations

67 station records on 12 January 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Jumble Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

67 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 January 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 January 1914 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1914

Top 20 records on 12 January 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1914	Charlotte Waters, AU	all-time rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1914	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Bedooba, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Umea, SE	daily low min	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Sveg, SE	daily low min	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	39 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Umea, SE	daily low max	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1914	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	35 years	14 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1914. 1914 had 67 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	41
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2