Weather Records on 2 January 1940

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1940. Highest significance: Lewers Rch, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1940

On 2 January 1940, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 384 daily.
Lewers Rch set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 2 January 1940.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 2 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knights Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 2 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 2 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1940

Top 20 records on 2 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1940	Lewers Rch, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Carson City, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Folsom, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1940	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Vacaville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Knights Landing, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Brucefield, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	all-time low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Marysville D St Brg, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Kingfisher, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Durham, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1940	Carroll (the Ranch), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	25 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 403 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	248
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1