Weather Records on 26 January 1932

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1932. Highest significance: Namdalseid, NO.

Key Facts for 26 January 1932

On 26 January 1932, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 284 daily.
Namdalseid set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 26 January 1932.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 26 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie (Rotherfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 26 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 26 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1932

Top 20 records on 26 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1932	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Healy, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Albion, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Colby, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1932	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Alexandria, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Ostas I Hegra, NO	monthly rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Camden 1, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Franklin, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Gowrie (Rotherfield), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Brenham, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Monroe #2, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Ft Duchesne, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1932	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	16 years	26 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 299 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 50	241
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1