Weather Records on 2 January 1922

77 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1922. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 2 January 1922

On 2 January 1922, 77 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 74 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 26.5 mm (1.0 in) on 2 January 1922.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

77 stations

77 station records on 2 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

77 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 74.

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 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1922

Top 20 records on 2 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1922	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1922	Metten, DE	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1922	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Muenster, DE	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Artern, DE	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1922	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 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

1794 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1922. 1922 had 77 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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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	58
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1