Weather Records on 1 January 1966

1,138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1966. Highest significance: Houston, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1966

On 1 January 1966, 1,138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
782 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,097 daily.
Houston set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 1 January 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

1,138 stations

1,138 station records on 1 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sechelt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clowhom Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penn Yan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,138 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 457, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 1 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	457
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 1 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 1,097.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

972 broken records

Margins by which the 972 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1966

Top 20 records on 1 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1966	Houston, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1966	Pocahontas 1, US	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1966	Davenport, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Newdegate South, AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Davenport, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Hollister, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Salem, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Sechelt, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Harrison, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Hailey 3 WSW, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Summit, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Dryden, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1966	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	39 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1966. 1966 had 1,138 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	938
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1