Weather Records on 21 January 1950

643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1950. Highest significance: Agassiz Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 21 January 1950

On 21 January 1950, 643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 593 daily.
Agassiz Cda set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 21 January 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

643 stations

643 station records on 21 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lissington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

643 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 21 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 21 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1950

Top 20 records on 21 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1950	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Entrance, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Lake Louise, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Caron, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1950	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Denair 3 NNE, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Meeker, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Uil, KZ	daily low min	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Tonteldoos, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Trout Creek 2 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Madrid, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily low min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Ft Valley, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Tempe 3 S, US	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1950	Manassa, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 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

1793 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 643 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	494
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2