Weather Records on 26 January 1952

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1952. Highest significance: Vickery 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1952

On 26 January 1952, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 605 daily.
Vickery 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 26 January 1952.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 26 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	251.5 cm (99.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 26 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 26 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1952

Top 20 records on 26 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1952	Vickery 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Belvidere, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	New Cumberland L/D, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Cadiz, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Philo, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Paulding, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Wooster 2 SE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Frances, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Napoleon, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1952	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 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

1795 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 630 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1952-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 January 1952
Margin	Records
0 to 100	521
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1