Weather Records on 7 January 1947

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1947. Highest significance: Qacu (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1947

On 7 January 1947, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 291 daily.
Qacu (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 7 January 1947.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 7 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 0, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 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

7 January 1947

Top 20 records on 7 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1947	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Eastland, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Kodiak, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Bologna, IT	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Nainital, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low max	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1947	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Wien, AT	daily low max	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Milesovka, CZ	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	9.2 C (16.6 F)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Auberry 2 NW, US	all-time low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Graz, AT	daily low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1947	Plauen, DE	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	45 years	30 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

1826 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1947. 1947 had 293 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	234
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1