Weather Records on 7 January 1923

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1923. Highest significance: Kokstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1923

On 7 January 1923, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 102 daily.
Kokstad set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 7 January 1923.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 7 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 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

7 January 1923

Top 20 records on 7 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1923	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Whitehead, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Newport, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Ellensburg, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Madrid, US	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	St John's, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1923	Carroll, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 years	16 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1923. 1923 had 104 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 10	71
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1