Weather Records on 7 January 1944

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1944. Highest significance: Eustis 2 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 1944

On 7 January 1944, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 270 daily.
Eustis 2 SSE set an all-time record daily snowfall of 73.7 cm (29.0 in) on 7 January 1944.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 7 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 7 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 7 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1944

Top 20 records on 7 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1944	Eustis 2 SSE, US	all-time snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1944	North Bridgton, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Raton, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Berlin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Henrietta, US	all-time snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Ashland, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	White River Junction, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Henrietta, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Frederick, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Two Buttes, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1944	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1944	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1944	Elkhart, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1944	Ione, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1944	Potchefstroom Agr., ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	31 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1944. 1944 had 283 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 50	211
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1