Weather Records on 17 January 1934

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1934. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 17 January 1934

On 17 January 1934, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 118 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 17 January 1934.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 17 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 17 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 17 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 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

17 January 1934

Top 20 records on 17 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1934	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1934	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1934	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1934	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1934	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Pakri, EE	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Beito, NO	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Orillia, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1934	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	10 years	20 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 120 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 50	89
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1