Weather Records on 12 January 1947

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1947. Highest significance: Sao Benedito, BR.

Key Facts for 12 January 1947

On 12 January 1947, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 253 daily.
Sao Benedito set a daily record precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 12 January 1947.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 12 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irene Mtn Wauconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1947

Top 20 records on 12 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1947	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1947	Rock Creek, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1947	Lumber City, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1947	Val (Sar), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Alton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Berens River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Wittebank, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Quincy Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	The Pas, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1947	Coeur D'Alene, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	3 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 258 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 20	151
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1