Weather Records on 2 January 1925

146 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1925. Highest significance: Millsboro, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1925

On 2 January 1925, 146 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 137 daily.
Millsboro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 2 January 1925.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

146 stations

146 station records on 2 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

146 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1925

Top 20 records on 2 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1925	Millsboro, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Reading Wb City, US	monthly snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Belvidere, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Lambertville River, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Quakertown, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1925	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1925	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	31 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1925. 1925 had 146 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 50	107
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1