Weather Records on 7 January 1943

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1943. Highest significance: Koath, IN.

Key Facts for 7 January 1943

On 7 January 1943, 342 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, 10 monthly and 332 daily.
Koath set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 7 January 1943.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 7 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St.Clair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waiopai Rch 256	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dudhi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 7 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 7 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1943

Top 20 records on 7 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1943	Koath, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Parli, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Bantwal, IN	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Urvakonda, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Alattur, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Belur, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Chittur, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	St.Clair, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1943	Holalkhere, IN	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Peermade Residen, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Tiruppur, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Globe Rs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Millport 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Mangalore, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Punalur, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1943	Madurai, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	30 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1943. 1943 had 342 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 20	256
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2