Weather Records on 1 January 1943

419 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1943. Highest significance: Walgett (Euroka), AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1943

On 1 January 1943, 419 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 400 daily.
Walgett (Euroka) set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 1 January 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

419 stations

419 station records on 1 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gunningbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ballandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bomalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bungeworgorai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

419 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 1 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 1 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1943

Top 20 records on 1 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1943	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Obley, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Hoofddorp, NL	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Bobadah (Avoca), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Gunningbar, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Ballandool, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Brewon, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Bunghill Tank, AU	all-time rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Thallon Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Prickley Range, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Walma, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1943	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	35 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

1798 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1943. 1943 had 419 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 20	292
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1