Weather Records on 13 January 1940

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1940. Highest significance: Cheesman, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1940

On 13 January 1940, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 315 daily.
Cheesman set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 13 January 1940.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 13 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.5 C (-42.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.6 C (-39.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 13 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 13 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1940

Top 20 records on 13 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1940	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Fremont, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Little Sioux, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Saint Francis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	David City 4E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Estes Park, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Chariton 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Denison, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Colby, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1940	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 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)
13 January 1940	Canon City, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1940	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1940	St Joseph Wbo, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1940	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	46 years	29 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 324 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	241
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1