Weather Records on 7 January 1924

206 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1924. Highest significance: Warwick Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1924

On 7 January 1924, 206 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 201 daily.
Warwick Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 7 January 1924.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

206 stations

206 station records on 7 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

206 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1924

Top 20 records on 7 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1924	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Allora Post Office, AU	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Yandilla, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Emu Creek, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1924	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Surat, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Blinkbonnie, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1924	Walwa, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	29 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1924. 1924 had 206 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 25	150
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1