Weather Records on 14 January 1921

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1921. Highest significance: Philadelphia City, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1921

On 14 January 1921, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 72 daily.
Philadelphia City set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 14 January 1921.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 14 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 14 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 72.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

69 broken records

Margins by which the 69 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1921

Top 20 records on 14 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1921	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1921	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1921	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1921	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1921	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1921	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Paterson, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Washington, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Gravenhurst, CA	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Vineland, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Lenoir, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1921	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 years	20 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 74 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1921-01-14: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	56
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1