Weather Records on 2 January 1921

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1921. Highest significance: Kingscote, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1921

On 2 January 1921, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 197 daily.
Kingscote set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 2 January 1921.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 2 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham (Pretty Tower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 66, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1921

Top 20 records on 2 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1921	Kingscote, AU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1921	Angaston, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1921	Nuriootpa, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1921	Tanunda, AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1921	Redhill, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Milang, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Appila, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Wirrabara, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Kapunda Water Works, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Kew, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Ocean Grove, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Streatham (Pretty Tower), AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1921	Frances, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 265 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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Data for records on 1921-01-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 January 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	138
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	23
40 to 50	5