Weather Records on 2 January 1945

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1945. Highest significance: Coldwater, CA.

Key Facts for 2 January 1945

On 2 January 1945, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 323 daily.
Coldwater set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 2 January 1945.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 2 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnalpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khalilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 2 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 2 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1945

Top 20 records on 2 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1945	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Gabriels, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Cairo Ezbekiya, EG	all-time low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Isabela Substn, PR	all-time low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Great Falls, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1945	Hussainabad, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Fredonia, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Pawhuska, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Independence, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Brockport, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Ft Smith, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Millinocket, US	monthly high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Matamoras, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1945	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	26 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 327 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 100	267
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1