Weather Records on 14 January 1940

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1940. Highest significance: Plymouth Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1940

On 14 January 1940, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 454 daily.
Plymouth Wwtp set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 14 January 1940.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 14 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 14 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 14 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 20, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 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

14 January 1940

Top 20 records on 14 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1940	Plymouth Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Columbus Junction, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Monmouth, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Prattville, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Harrisville, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Morrison, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Portage Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Burnett 3 S, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	La Harpe, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	E Tawas, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Monmouth, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Mt Carroll, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1940	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 484 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	400
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1