Weather Records on 4 January 1951

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1951. Highest significance: Maysville Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 1951

On 4 January 1951, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 387 daily.
Maysville Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 4 January 1951.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 4 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avery Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.1 C (-54.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 4 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 4 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1951

Top 20 records on 4 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1951	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Avery Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Carthage, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Kendall, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Greensburg, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Mancelona, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Onaway 12 S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Peebles 1 S, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea)), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1951	Bangerang North, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1951	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1951	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1951	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1951	Kenmare, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	31 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

1795 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 394 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 50	310
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1