Weather Records on 26 January 1941

1,120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1941. Highest significance: Beales Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1941

On 26 January 1941, 1,120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,052 daily.
Beales Reservoir set an all-time record daily precipitation of 136.1 mm (5.4 in) on 26 January 1941.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

1,120 stations

1,120 station records on 26 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boxdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,120 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 885, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 26 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	885
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 26 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 55, daily 1,052.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,051 broken records

Margins by which the 1,051 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 259.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1941

Top 20 records on 26 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1941	Beales Reservoir, AU	all-time rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Mickleham, AU	all-time rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Preston Reservoir, AU	all-time rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Riddells Creek, AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Ballan, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Narrandera Post Office, AU	all-time rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Antwerp, AU	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park), AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Berrigan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1941	Warooka, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1941	Moyston, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1941	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1941	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1941	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	58 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 1,120 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1941-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	984
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1