Weather Records on 26 January 1971

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1971. Highest significance: Uaroo, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1971

On 26 January 1971, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 949 daily.
Uaroo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 309.9 mm (12.2 in) on 26 January 1971.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 26 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.6 mm (9.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koordarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 111, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 26 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	111
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 26 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 949.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1971

Top 20 records on 26 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1971	Uaroo, AU	all-time rain	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	12 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Nanutarra, AU	monthly rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Exmouth Gulf, AU	monthly rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Joliette, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1971	Yanrey, AU	monthly rain	245.6 mm (9.7 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Koordarrie, AU	monthly rain	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Fayette 4 SW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Joliette, CA	daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Summervale (Gundaur), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Eastern View, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	St Tite, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	St Tite, CA	daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1971	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	50 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 979 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1971-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 26 January 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	791
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1