Weather Records on 1 January 1981

854 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1981. Highest significance: Toowong Bowls Club, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1981

On 1 January 1981, 854 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
536 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 825 daily.
Toowong Bowls Club set a daily record precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 1 January 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

854 stations

854 station records on 1 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bullyard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Aldamas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lassance	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coroaci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodnight Scrub Res 169	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Cuiete-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

854 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 346, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 1 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	346
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 1 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 825.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

716 broken records

Margins by which the 716 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1981

Top 20 records on 1 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1981	Toowong Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1981	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Remanso, BR	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Palmer Job Corps, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Bullyard, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Los Aldamas, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Tagtabazar, TM	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Little Yabba Sfr 274, AU	daily rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Lassance, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Lowmead Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Lake City, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Mount Spencer 2, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Euleilah Creek, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1981	Karasjok, NO	monthly snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 years	41 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

1798 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 854 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	810
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	590
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	849

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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 50	675
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3