Weather Records on 12 January 1976

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1976. Highest significance: Wilcannia (Billilla), AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1976

On 12 January 1976, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 962 daily.
Wilcannia (Billilla) set a daily record precipitation of 68.2 mm (2.7 in) on 12 January 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 12 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	220.0 cm (86.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	154.0 cm (60.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nobby Tooth St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Lintiss Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 459, Heaviest daily snowfall 116, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 12 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	459
Heaviest daily snowfall	116
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 12 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 962.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

898 broken records

Margins by which the 898 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 890.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1976

Top 20 records on 12 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1976	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1976	American River, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1976	Groblersplaas, ZA	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1976	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily snow depth	220.0 cm (86.6 in)	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Yalleroi, AU	daily rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	154.0 cm (60.6 in)	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Normanville, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1976	Narndee, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	47 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 986 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 200	889
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1