Weather Records on 12 January 1941

246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1941. Highest significance: Bowen Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1941

On 12 January 1941, 246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 242 daily.
Bowen Downs set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 12 January 1941.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

246 stations

246 station records on 12 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

246 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 12 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 12 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1941

Top 20 records on 12 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1941	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Mount Margaret, AU	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1941	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Carrizozo 1SW, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Port Orford 2, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1941	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	45 years	22 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 246 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 100	186
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1