Weather Records on 12 January 1940

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1940. Highest significance: Nephi 5 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 12 January 1940

On 12 January 1940, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 302 daily.
Nephi 5 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 12 January 1940.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 12 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nephi 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.7 C (-48.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.2 C (-36.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.6 C (-42.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.0 C (-38.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 12 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 12 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 7, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1940

Top 20 records on 12 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1940	Nephi 5 SSW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Eureka, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Talbotton, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Poretskoye, RU	all-time low max	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1940	Greeley, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Kustanai, KZ	all-time low min	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Perm, RU	all-time low min	-44.7 C (-48.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Wien, AT	daily low max	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	75 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1940	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low max	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	44 years	30 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 315 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	258
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1