Weather Records on 2 January 1977

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1977. Highest significance: Medina, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1977

On 2 January 1977, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 660 daily.
Medina set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 2 January 1977.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 2 January 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santa Maria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wales	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Hill 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pouso Redondo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astara	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makanga	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 2 January 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 2 January 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1977

Top 20 records on 2 January 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1977	Medina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Eureka 1E, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	S Bend AP, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Acude Santa Maria, BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	New Salem 5NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Tuttle, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1977	Nicholson, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Santa Barbara Muni AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Russellville, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	La Grange 1N, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Hettinger, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Colgate, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Washburn, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1977	Alice, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 664 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 50	523
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2