Weather Records on 26 January 1943

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1943. Highest significance: Chandur Railway, IN.

Key Facts for 26 January 1943

On 26 January 1943, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 495 daily.
Chandur Railway set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 26 January 1943.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 26 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kargil	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	510.0 cm (200.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 26 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 26 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1943

Top 20 records on 26 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1943	Chandur Railway, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Porthill, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	all-time snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Tamboril, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Ryan, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Tendukhera, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Huntington 1, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Armstrong, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Booneville, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1943	Mannington 1 N, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Kulgam, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Khamaria, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Charleston 1, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Kargil, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Stuttgart, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Rivers Inlet, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1943	Cleveland, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	29 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

1795 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 503 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-01-26: 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 200	437
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	1