Weather Records on 7 January 1981

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1981. Highest significance: Izeleni (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1981

On 7 January 1981, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 768 daily.
Izeleni (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 85.5 mm (3.4 in) on 7 January 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 7 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.8 mm (11.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mineirolandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarituba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dividalen	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goolma (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Illabo (Clock Museum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batopilas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Aldamas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 154, Deepest snow cover 129.

Records on 7 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	154
Deepest snow cover	129

Records on 7 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 768.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1981

Top 20 records on 7 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1981	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	297.8 mm (11.7 in)	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Mineirolandia, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Vestmannaeyjar, IS	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Marion 2 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Cootamundra Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Madera, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Taquarituba, BR	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Salvisa Lock 6, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Durham, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1981	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	38 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

1826 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1981. 1981 had 779 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	540
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1