Weather Records on 26 January 1921

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1921. Highest significance: Chattanooga Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1921

On 26 January 1921, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 42 daily.
Chattanooga Wb City set a daily record snowfall of 20.6 cm (8.1 in) on 26 January 1921.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 26 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1921

Top 20 records on 26 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1921	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1921	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Landsort, SE	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Husum, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Muenster, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Soltau, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Nossen, DE	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1921	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	18 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

1795 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 42 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 20	35
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2