Weather Records on 12 January 1936

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1936. Highest significance: Orbost (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1936

On 12 January 1936, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 325 daily.
Orbost (Comparison) set a daily record precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 12 January 1936.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 12 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lynwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 12 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 12 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

284 broken records

Margins by which the 284 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1936

Top 20 records on 12 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1936	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Ulm, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Stuttgart, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Mincha, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Centralia, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Pyramid Hill, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Kempten, DE	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Urandangi, AU	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1936	Iguape, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1936	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1936	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1936	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	36 years	32 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

1794 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 334 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 100	276
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1