Weather Records on 13 January 1926

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1926. Highest significance: Tennant Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1926

On 13 January 1926, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 61 daily.
Tennant Creek Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 13 January 1926.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 13 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 7, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	7
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 61.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1926

Top 20 records on 13 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1926	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Altastenberg, DE	daily low max	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Andenes, NO	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Brocken, DE	daily low max	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Cottbus, DE	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Karesuando, SE	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Fichtelberg, DE	daily low max	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Saentis, CH	daily low min	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Brocken, DE	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Teriberka, RU	daily high min	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Perm, RU	daily low min	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Franklin, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1926	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	30.1 C (86.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	24 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

1794 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 62 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 5	44
5 to 10	1
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1