Weather Records on 17 January 1941

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1941. Highest significance: Fatehabad, IN.

Key Facts for 17 January 1941

On 17 January 1941, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 625 daily.
Fatehabad set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 17 January 1941.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 17 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sathawas	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woods (Quoin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silistria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 520, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 17 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	520
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 17 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1941

Top 20 records on 17 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1941	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Sathawas, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Hissar, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Muktesar, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Khurja, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Andover, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Mount Seymour (Overton), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Ballabgarh, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Satna, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Woods (Quoin), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Kangiara (Laverstock), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Rohtak, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1941	Tohana, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	46 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

1795 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 644 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	591
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1