Weather Records on 1 January 1971

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1971. Highest significance: Romney 1 SW, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1971

On 1 January 1971, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 741 daily.
Romney 1 SW set an all-time record daily snowfall of 66.0 cm (26.0 in) on 1 January 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

811 stations

811 station records on 1 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Clay	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 195, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 1 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	195
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 1 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 57, daily 741.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1971

Top 20 records on 1 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1971	Romney 1 SW, US	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1971	Clay, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1971	Carlisle, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1971	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1971	Winchester 7 SE, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1971	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	New Bedford Coop, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Thomas, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Wardensville R M Farm, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Alpena 1 NW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Logan, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Newport River, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Hyndman, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Shippensburg, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Brandonville, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Philippi, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1971	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	51 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1971. 1971 had 811 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 January 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	656
100 to 200	55
200 to 300	17
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1