Weather Records on 21 January 1935

771 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1935. Highest significance: Olga 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1935

On 21 January 1935, 771 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 479 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 748 daily.
Olga 2 SE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 21 January 1935.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

771 stations

771 station records on 21 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

771 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 244, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 235, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	244
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	235
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 14, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 648.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1935

Top 20 records on 21 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1935	Olga 2 SE, US	all-time rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1935	Princeton, CA	all-time snowfall	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	64.8 cm (25.5 in)	32 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1935	Hedley, CA	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1935	Beaver Lake, CA	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1935	Hedley, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1935	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	all-time rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Hernando, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Beaver Lake, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Vedaranayam, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Batesville, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1935	Steveston, CA	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	41 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 771 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 100	634
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1