Weather Records on 4 January 1967

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1967. Highest significance: Olds, CA.

Key Facts for 4 January 1967

On 4 January 1967, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 306 daily.
Olds set a daily record snowfall of 21.8 cm (8.6 in) on 4 January 1967.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 4 January 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haarlem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Joe Rich Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 4 January 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 4 January 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1967

Top 20 records on 4 January 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1967	Olds, CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Brooks Ahrc, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Konotop, UA	monthly rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Nashlyn, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Vulcan, CA	monthly snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Vulcan, CA	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Haarlem, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Coupeville 1 S, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Sao Jose de Piranhas, BR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Mmabatho Arpt, ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1967	Sackville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	36 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1967. 1967 had 319 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	239
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1