Weather Records on 12 January 1991

1,324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1991. Highest significance: Long Branch-Oakhurst, US.

Key Facts for 12 January 1991

On 12 January 1991, 1,324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,279 daily.
Long Branch-Oakhurst set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 12 January 1991.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

1,324 stations

1,324 station records on 12 January 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alferes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.4 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Capuava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,324 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 575, Heaviest daily snowfall 170, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 12 January 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	575
Heaviest daily snowfall	170
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 12 January 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 41, daily 1,279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,165 broken records

Margins by which the 1,165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1991

Top 20 records on 12 January 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1991	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1991	Gladwin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1991	Jersey City, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1991	Inorunie Station, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1991	E Tawas, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1991	Gregory Springs Station, AU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Rosella Plains Station, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Alferes, BR	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Milford, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	E Tawas, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Evart, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Caete, BR	daily rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1991	Toms River, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 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

1794 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1991. 1991 had 1,324 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 25	952
25 to 50	93
50 to 75	53
75 to 100	31
100 to 125	16
125 to 150	7
150 to 175	10
175 to 200	3