Weather Records on 7 January 1922

180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1922. Highest significance: Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1922

On 7 January 1922, 180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 176 daily.
Belair (State Flora Nursery) set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 7 January 1922.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

180 stations

180 station records on 7 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

180 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1922

Top 20 records on 7 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1922	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Burrundulla, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Battunga, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Woodside, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Kanmantoo, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1922	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1922	Fernleigh (St.Helena), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1922	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1922	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1922	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	30 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

1826 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1922. 1922 had 180 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	145
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1