Weather Records on 17 January 1966

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1966. Highest significance: Rangia, IN.

Key Facts for 17 January 1966

On 17 January 1966, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 271 daily.
Rangia set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 17 January 1966.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 17 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Hill No.2	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-47.8 C (-54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orlinga	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-54.8 C (-66.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	149.0 cm (58.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-60.2 C (-76.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 17 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 17 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1966

Top 20 records on 17 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1966	Rangia, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Newry, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Morganton, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Windy Hill No.2, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Manildra (George St), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1966	Greer, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Canton 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Chicoutimi, CA	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Aachen, DE	daily low max	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	The Grange, Umzimkul, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Riva, IT	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Bronkhorstfontein, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Fort McPherson, CA	daily low min	-47.8 C (-54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1966	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	28 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

1795 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1966. 1966 had 275 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	225
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1