Weather Records on 21 January 1976

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1976. Highest significance: Pella, ZA.

Key Facts for 21 January 1976

On 21 January 1976, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 842 daily.
Pella set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 21 January 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 21 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	137.0 cm (53.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	169.0 cm (66.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	353.4 mm (13.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Monolon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bondi Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balgowlah (Ethel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 474, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 21 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	474
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 21 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 730.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1976

Top 20 records on 21 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1976	Pella, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	78 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1976	White Cliffs (Purnanga), AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1976	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1976	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1976	Ozuluama, MX	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1976	Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	137.0 cm (53.9 in)	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	169.0 cm (66.5 in)	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Represa Itatinga, BR	daily rain	353.4 mm (13.9 in)	244.4 mm (9.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	White Cliffs (Monolon), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Trida (Murrumbong), AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Garcia, BR	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1976	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	45 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

1793 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 860 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	738
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	2