Weather Records on 1 January 1982

938 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1982. Highest significance: Eagle FAA AP, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1982

On 1 January 1982, 938 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 909 daily.
Eagle FAA AP set a daily record snowfall of 28.4 cm (11.2 in) on 1 January 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

938 stations

938 station records on 1 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Branchville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valsetz	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Forest Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

938 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 153, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 1 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	153
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 1 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 24, daily 909.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 690.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1982

Top 20 records on 1 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1982	Eagle FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1982	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1982	Whitehall, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1982	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Black Hills, ZA	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Minden, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Haverhill, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Heber, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Silverton, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Moroni, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Rosenheim, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Kalkaska, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1982	Vale, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	46 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1982. 1982 had 938 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 100	728
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1