Weather Records on 21 January 1926

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1926. Highest significance: Helena, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1926

On 21 January 1926, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 153 daily.
Helena set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 21 January 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 21 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1926

Top 20 records on 21 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1926	Helena, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Perryville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Camden 1, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Neilrex (Caigan), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1926	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	44 years	19 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 157 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	119
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1