Weather Records on 14 January 1944

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1944. Highest significance: Port Alfred, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 January 1944

On 14 January 1944, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 470 daily.
Port Alfred set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 14 January 1944.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 14 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 14 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 14 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 13, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1944

Top 20 records on 14 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1944	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Smythe, ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Temple, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Rani(Ranigoda), IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Mexia, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Ada, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Lampasas, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Jiwanpur Sagri, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	McGregor, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Hajo, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1944	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	36 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

1794 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 489 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	372
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	2