Weather Records on 26 January 1982

1,223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1982. Highest significance: Ventspils, LV.

Key Facts for 26 January 1982

On 26 January 1982, 1,223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 249 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Ventspils set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 26 January 1982.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

1,223 stations

1,223 station records on 26 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth US Grant Br	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Beauty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.8 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mooleulooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ethridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,223 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 217.

Records on 26 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	217

Records on 26 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 76, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1982

Top 20 records on 26 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1982	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Buchan, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1982	Swifts Creek, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Tongio (Brooklands), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Portsmouth US Grant Br, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	East Sale Airport, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Euroa, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Mount Beauty, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1982	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily snowfall	9.8 cm (3.9 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	40 years	45 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

1795 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 1,223 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1982-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	855
50 to 100	69
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1