Weather Records on 12 January 1926

65 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1926. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1926

On 12 January 1926, 65 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 65 daily.
Velikie Luki set a daily record low maximum temperature of -22.5 C (-8.5 F) on 12 January 1926.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

65 stations

65 station records on 12 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

65 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 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

12 January 1926

Top 20 records on 12 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1926	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Tartu, EE	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Hay River, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Battleford, CA	daily high min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Andenes, NO	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Perm, RU	daily low min	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Australia Plains, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Brocken, DE	daily low min	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Saentis, CH	daily low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1926	Okolona, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 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

1794 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 65 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 12 January 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	50
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2