Weather Records on 1 January 1926

149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1926. Highest significance: Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1926

On 1 January 1926, 149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 145 daily.
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla set an all-time record daily precipitation of 198.1 mm (7.8 in) on 1 January 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

149 stations

149 station records on 1 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aberdare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Mulya Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warratta Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

149 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1926

Top 20 records on 1 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1926	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	all-time rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1926	Aberdare, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1926	Louth (Mulya Tank), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1926	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1926	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Oxford, GB	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Surat, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Dumble, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Koolool, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1926	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	22 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

1798 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1926. 1926 had 149 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	109
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1