Weather Records on 7 January 1984

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1984. Highest significance: Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1984

On 7 January 1984, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 643 daily.
Ngqeleni (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 7 January 1984.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 7 January 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Varpnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Segovia (Mariano Quintanilla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doomadgee Sharp Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucany	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg;Kersieproe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 7 January 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 7 January 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 643.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1984

Top 20 records on 7 January 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1984	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1984	Cromleigh,Ixopo, ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1984	The Grange, Umzimkul, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Quitupan, MX	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Varpnas, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Callao, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Segovia (Mariano Quintanilla), ES	monthly rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Palpan, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Camp Crook, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Tatarsk, RU	daily high min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Richland, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1984	Porto, PT	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1984	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1984	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1984	Tomsk, RU	daily high min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1984	Richmond, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	33 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

1826 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1984. 1984 had 657 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 2026-10-17 (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	490
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1