Weather Records on 13 January 1924

68 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1924. Highest significance: Washington, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1924

On 13 January 1924, 68 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 68 daily.
Washington set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 13 January 1924.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

68 stations

68 station records on 13 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

68 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 15, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 13 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 13 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 68.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

56 broken records

Margins by which the 56 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1924

Top 20 records on 13 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1924	Washington, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1924	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1924	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Sveg, SE	daily high min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	2.2 cm (0.9 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Calumet, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Algona, US	daily snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1924	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	15 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 68 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 200	55
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1