Weather Records on 21 January 1951

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1951. Highest significance: Woodhouse, AU.

Key Facts for 21 January 1951

On 21 January 1951, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 360 daily.
Woodhouse set a daily record precipitation of 205.7 mm (8.1 in) on 21 January 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 21 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1951

Top 20 records on 21 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1951	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Kenogami, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Home Hill Fifteen A St, AU	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	18.1 C (64.6 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1951	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1951	Saint John, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1951	Campbells Hill, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1951	Leura Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1951	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 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

1793 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 367 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	284
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2