Weather Records on 12 January 1950

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1950. Highest significance: River Jordan, CA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1950

On 12 January 1950, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 387 daily.
River Jordan set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 12 January 1950.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 12 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	186.0 cm (73.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Quiteria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1950

Top 20 records on 12 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1950	River Jordan, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Scipio, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Feodosiia, UA	all-time low max	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	monthly snow depth	186.0 cm (73.2 in)	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Santa Quiteria, BR	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1950	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Kaunas, LT	daily low min	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Feodosiia, UA	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Astoria, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Port Townsend, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1950	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 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

1794 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 399 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 100	316
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2