Weather Records on 17 January 1932

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1932. Highest significance: Webster City, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 1932

On 17 January 1932, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 474 daily.
Webster City set a daily record snow depth of 152.4 cm (60.0 in) on 17 January 1932.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 17 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2286.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1932

Top 20 records on 17 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1932	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1932	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1932	Welland, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Springfield Elmwood Av, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Paoli, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Ozark, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Schriever, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Athens, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	London South, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Marion, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1932	Gavle, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	49 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

1795 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 489 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 500	386
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	1
2000 to 2500	1