Weather Records on 4 January 1936

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1936. Highest significance: Carrieton (Yanyarrie), AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1936

On 4 January 1936, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 383 daily.
Carrieton (Yanyarrie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 4 January 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 4 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osbornes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waukaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wapweelah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-53.9 C (-65.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 4 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 4 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 383.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 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

4 January 1936

Top 20 records on 4 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1936	Carrieton (Yanyarrie), AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1936	Dras, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Bruce, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Osbornes Flat, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Colville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	The Dalles, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Galway, IE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Waukaringa, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Nathalia (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1936	Wapweelah, AU	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1936	Terowie, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1936	Wicannia (the Peak Tank), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1936	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1936	Whitfield, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	33 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 394 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	334
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1