Weather Records on 4 January 1924

184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1924. Highest significance: Low Isles Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1924

On 4 January 1924, 184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 182 daily.
Low Isles Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 180.3 mm (7.1 in) on 4 January 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

184 stations

184 station records on 4 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mira Monte Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

184 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 182.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1924

Top 20 records on 4 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1924	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1924	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Oakdale, US	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Calumet, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Boras, SE	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Ulricehamn, SE	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Napoleon, US	daily low max	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1924	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 184 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	143
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3