Weather Records on 7 January 1942

702 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1942. Highest significance: Mundrabilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1942

On 7 January 1942, 702 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 527 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 681 daily.
Mundrabilla Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 7 January 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

702 stations

702 station records on 7 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbine	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsburg Near	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

702 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 319, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 208, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 7 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	319
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	208
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 7 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 14, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1942

Top 20 records on 7 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1942	Mundrabilla Station, AU	all-time rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1942	Mancelona, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	Minara, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	Beaver Lake, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	Durant, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	River Jordan, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1942	Ridgetown, CA	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Conway, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Bay City, US	monthly low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	all-time low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	monthly low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Poplar Bluff, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Lambertville River, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Carlisle, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	monthly low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1942	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	27 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

1826 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1942. 1942 had 702 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	559
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1