Weather Records on 21 January 1936

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1936. Highest significance: Sviland, NO.

Key Facts for 21 January 1936

On 21 January 1936, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 307 daily.
Sviland set a daily record snow depth of 40.0 cm (15.7 in) on 21 January 1936.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 21 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nesbyen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 21 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 21 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2235.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1936

Top 20 records on 21 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1936	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1936	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Ironton, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Alix, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Tunis, TN	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Brockton, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Horton, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	New Hampton, US	daily snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1936	Plymouth, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	22 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

1793 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 314 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 500	244
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	1
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1