Weather Records on 1 January 1940

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1940. Highest significance: Leopold Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1940

On 1 January 1940, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 296 daily.
Leopold Downs set a daily record precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 1 January 1940.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 1 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 1 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 1 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1940

Top 20 records on 1 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1940	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1940	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1940	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1940	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Ashwood, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Colby, US	monthly snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Ukiah, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Lumberton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Hillsboro, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Orland, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1940	Santa Cruz, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	30 years	23 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

1798 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1940. 1940 had 306 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 20	183
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1