Weather Records on 10 January 1926

100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1926. Highest significance: Sacramento 5 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 10 January 1926

On 10 January 1926, 100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 99 daily.
Sacramento 5 ESE set an all-time record low maximum temperature of 1.7 C (35.1 F) on 10 January 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

100 stations

100 station records on 10 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

100 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 10 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 10 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 99.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1926

Top 20 records on 10 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1926	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	all-time low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Louisville, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Tartu, EE	daily low max	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Federal Pt, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	3 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Ashland, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	18 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Tampa, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	Quatsino, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1926	St Albans, CA	daily high max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	14 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

1799 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1926. 1926 had 100 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 January 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	71
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1