Weather Records on 2 January 1944

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1944. Highest significance: Liberty, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1944

On 2 January 1944, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 352 daily.
Liberty set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 2 January 1944.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 2 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tappen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1944

Top 20 records on 2 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1944	Liberty, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Tulia 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Heidelberg I, ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Pearsall, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Canadian, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Graham, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1944	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Ft Reno, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Emerson, CA	daily high min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Berrings, ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Kerrville, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1944	Weatherford, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	28 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

1794 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 355 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	271
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1