Weather Records on 13 January 1914

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1914. Highest significance: Charlotte Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1914

On 13 January 1914, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 44 daily.
Charlotte Waters set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 13 January 1914.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 13 January 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1914 by type: Lowest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 January 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 January 1914 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 2, daily 44.

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 33.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1914

Top 20 records on 13 January 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1914	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1914	Stonecliffe, CA	all-time low max	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1914	Parry Sound, CA	all-time low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Lakefield, CA	all-time low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Montreal McGill, CA	all-time low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Hamilton, CA	all-time low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Lindsay, CA	all-time low max	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Montreal McGill, CA	all-time low max	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Toronto, CA	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Kingston Queens U, CA	all-time low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Concord, US	all-time low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Barrie, CA	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Gravenhurst, CA	all-time low max	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Buffalo, US	monthly low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1914	Brantford, CA	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1914. 1914 had 58 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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	39
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1