Weather Records on 2 January 1976

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1976. Highest significance: Mc Cook, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1976

On 2 January 1976, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 630 daily.
Mc Cook set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 2 January 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 2 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	240.0 cm (94.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	271.5 mm (10.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmshaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 2 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 2 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1976

Top 20 records on 2 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1976	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1976	Miller, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1976	Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage), DE	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1976	Ogallala, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Bowdle, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Enderby, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	monthly snow depth	240.0 cm (94.5 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Mc Cook, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Sisseton, US	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Ngukurr, AU	all-time rain	271.5 mm (10.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Chaska, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly low max	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Lingen, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Britton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1976	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	96 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 653 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 100	505
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1