Weather Records on 12 January 1966

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1966. Highest significance: Asola, IN.

Key Facts for 12 January 1966

On 12 January 1966, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 479 daily.
Asola set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 12 January 1966.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 12 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulug	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huzurabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Twins Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Harbour CS	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tatoosh Island Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moura Brasil	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1966

Top 20 records on 12 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1966	Asola, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Karimnagar, IN	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Mulug, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Koomooloo Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Racine Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Clinton #1, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Antioch, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Freeport, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Coquitlam Lake, CA	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Huzurabad(Rev), IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Ghairatganj, IN	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Chimur, IN	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Galesburg, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1966	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 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

1794 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 485 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 25	377
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1