Weather Records on 1 January 1951

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1951. Highest significance: Chinocup, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1951

On 1 January 1951, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 360 daily.
Chinocup set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 1 January 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 1 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinocup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cockatoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crofton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 1 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 1 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1951

Top 20 records on 1 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1951	Chinocup, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Koegasbrug, ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Manildra (George St), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Kulu Halt, ZA	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Weimar, DE	all-time snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Waterdale, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Brakkies, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1951	Smythe, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1798 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1951. 1951 had 367 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	241
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3