Weather Records on 26 January 1945

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1945. Highest significance: Middleburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 January 1945

On 26 January 1945, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 245 daily.
Middleburg set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 26 January 1945.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 26 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 26 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 26 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1945

Top 20 records on 26 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1945	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	Pasamonte, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	Rietpoort, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	Holbrook, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1945	Kodiak, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Simcoe, CA	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Bradford, GB	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Armagh, GB	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Oxford, GB	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Buxton, GB	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Bennington 2 NNW, US	monthly low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1945	Lowestoft, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	38 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

1795 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1945. 1945 had 249 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1945-01-26: 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 2026-10-17 (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	170
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1