Weather Records on 4 January 1982

2,261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1982. Highest significance: Fond du Lac Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 1982

On 4 January 1982, 2,261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 2,175 daily.
Fond du Lac Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 4 January 1982.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 4 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Alameda NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.3 mm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,261 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 248, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 1,161, Heaviest daily snowfall 278, Deepest snow cover 159.

Records on 4 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	248
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	1,161
Heaviest daily snowfall	278
Deepest snow cover	159

Records on 4 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 60, daily 2,175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,061 broken records

Margins by which the 2,061 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1982

Top 20 records on 4 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1982	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	East Park Rsvr, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	78 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Berkeley, US	all-time rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Toccoa, US	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Hanover, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Cheraw, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	134 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Alameda NAS, US	all-time rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Pacific House, US	all-time rain	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Marshall, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Downieville, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Belfast, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Richmond, US	all-time rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1982	Sandhammaren, SE	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	20 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

1795 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 2,261 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 100	1,946
100 to 200	80
200 to 300	21
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	5
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1