Weather Records on 21 January 1944

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1944. Highest significance: Portage la Prairie, CA.

Key Facts for 21 January 1944

On 21 January 1944, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 318 daily.
Portage la Prairie set a daily record high minimum temperature of -3.9 C (25.0 F) on 21 January 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 21 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbertree 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1944

Top 20 records on 21 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1944	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30.0 C (54.0 F)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Kindersley, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36.6 C (65.9 F)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Kindersley, CA	daily high min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33.4 C (60.1 F)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Emerson, CA	daily high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27.8 C (50.0 F)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Lexington, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Quebec, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	monthly rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Chatham, CA	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Belleville, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Paratinga, BR	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Acarape, BR	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Norfolk, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1944	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	50 years	21 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

1793 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 324 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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Data for records on 1944-01-21: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	225
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2