Weather Records on 21 January 1933

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1933. Highest significance: Coonalpyn, AU.

Key Facts for 21 January 1933

On 21 January 1933, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 534 daily.
Coonalpyn set an all-time record daily precipitation of 120.1 mm (4.7 in) on 21 January 1933.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 21 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galaquil East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colinroobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Midgeon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1933

Top 20 records on 21 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1933	Coonalpyn, AU	all-time rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1933	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1933	Kingston on Murray, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Bangerang North, AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Oracle, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Moorna, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Birchip Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Galaquil East, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Rainbow (Pella), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Loxton (Pyap), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Salem, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Burrabogie, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Walnut Grove, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Scottsburg, US	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1933	Williamstown, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 572 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 50	452
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2