Weather Records on 1 January 1921

121 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1921. Highest significance: Cape Northumberland, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1921

On 1 January 1921, 121 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 106 daily.
Cape Northumberland set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 1 January 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

121 stations

121 station records on 1 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tittybong Pine Grove Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

121 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 1 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1921

Top 20 records on 1 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1921	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Yamma, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Wychitella South, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Tittybong Pine Grove Farm, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc), AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1921	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Nurnberg, DE	monthly high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Freiburg, DE	monthly high max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Plauen, DE	monthly high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Altastenberg, DE	monthly high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1921	Arnsberg, DE	monthly high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	36 years	25 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

1798 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1921. 1921 had 121 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 10	75
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1