Weather Records on 10 January 1940

502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1940. Highest significance: Lugansk, UA.

Key Facts for 10 January 1940

On 10 January 1940, 502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 247 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 469 daily.
Lugansk set a daily record low maximum temperature of -29.6 C (-21.3 F) on 10 January 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

502 stations

502 station records on 10 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-35.7 C (-32.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.0 C (-45.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.9 C (-39.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-34.3 C (-29.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

502 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 10 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 10 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 20, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1940

Top 20 records on 10 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1940	Lugansk, UA	daily low max	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	17.4 C (31.3 F)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Henichesk, UA	all-time low min	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Vasilevici, BY	all-time low min	-35.7 C (-32.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Colby, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Wien, AT	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Wien, AT	daily low min	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1940	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1940	San Jose, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1940	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1940	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	63 years	33 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

1799 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1940. 1940 had 502 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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 50	386
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1