Weather Records on 4 January 1944

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1944. Highest significance: Sitamau, IN.

Key Facts for 4 January 1944

On 4 January 1944, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 286 daily.
Sitamau set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 4 January 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 4 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sitamau	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woods (Quoin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 4 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 4 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1944

Top 20 records on 4 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1944	Sitamau, IN	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Moina, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Wynyard State School, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Pocomoke City, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Sheffield, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Woods (Quoin), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Banswara, IN	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Little Falls, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Altamura, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Susner, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1944	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	37 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

1795 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 300 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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Data for records on 1944-01-04: 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 10	173
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	8
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1