Weather Records on 12 January 1945

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1945. Highest significance: Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1945

On 12 January 1945, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 482 daily.
Bungonia (Inverary Park) set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 12 January 1945.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 12 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 12 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 12 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1945

Top 20 records on 12 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1945	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	The Oaks John Street, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Lennoxville, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1945	Burrinjuck Dam, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Gundaroo (Bairnsdale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Angola, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Cowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Keremeos, CA	monthly high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1945	Crookhaven Heads, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	29 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 490 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 25	373
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1