Weather Records on 14 January 1947

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1947. Highest significance: Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 January 1947

On 14 January 1947, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 484 daily.
Botanic Gardens - Pmb set an all-time record daily precipitation of 246.6 mm (9.7 in) on 14 January 1947.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 14 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McGaffey Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 9, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 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

14 January 1947

Top 20 records on 14 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1947	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	all-time rain	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	32 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1947	Fort Frances, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Cheraw, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Steveston, CA	all-time low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1947	Talbotton, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	McGaffey Rs, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Monticello, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Pierson, CA	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Troy, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Auberry 2 NW, US	all-time low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1947	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 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 497 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	346
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1