Weather Records on 26 January 1925

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1925. Highest significance: Pentland Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1925

On 26 January 1925, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 74 daily.
Pentland Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 26 January 1925.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 26 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 26 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1925

Top 20 records on 26 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1925	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1925	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Canon City, US	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Austin #2, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	44 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Columbia Wb City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Napoleon, US	daily low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	23.2 C (73.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	36 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Escondido, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Howard, US	daily low min	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1925	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	31 years	13 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1925. 1925 had 74 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	52
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1