Weather Records on 1 January 1964

1,319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1964. Highest significance: Enterprise, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1964

On 1 January 1964, 1,319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 24 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,253 daily.
Enterprise set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 1 January 1964.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,319 stations

1,319 station records on 1 January 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.8 cm (19.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,319 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 346, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 237, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 149, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 1 January 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	346
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	237
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	149
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 1 January 1964 by timescale: all-time 24, monthly 42, daily 1,253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,106 broken records

Margins by which the 1,106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1964

Top 20 records on 1 January 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1964	Enterprise, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 January 1964	Pushmataha, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 January 1964	Florence, US	all-time snowfall	48.8 cm (19.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 years	77 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1964	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1964	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1964	Fayette, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1964	Tullahoma, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1964	Saint Bernard, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Waynesboro, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Enterprise, US	all-time snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Ashwood, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Burkes Garden, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Salem, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Oeiras, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1964	Hickory 1 E, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	34 years	47 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1964. 1964 had 1,319 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	987
50 to 100	73
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1