Weather Records on 21 January 1941

205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1941. Highest significance: Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR.

Key Facts for 21 January 1941

On 21 January 1941, 205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 198 daily.
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp set a daily record precipitation of 72.0 mm (2.8 in) on 21 January 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

205 stations

205 station records on 21 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

205 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 21 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 21 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1941

Top 20 records on 21 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1941	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Montrose #2, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1941	Buckland Downs, ZA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Orland, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Schwerin, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Melfort, CA	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1941	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	23 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

1793 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 205 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	169
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1