Weather Records on 4 January 1940

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1940. Highest significance: Kjobli I Snaasa, NO.

Key Facts for 4 January 1940

On 4 January 1940, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 326 daily.
Kjobli I Snaasa set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 4 January 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 4 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 4 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 4 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1940

Top 20 records on 4 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1940	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Springfield, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1940	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Electra P H, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Santa Cruz, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	69 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Husum, DE	daily low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Danville, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Conway, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1940	Harrisburg, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 years	26 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1940. 1940 had 332 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 100	248
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1