Weather Records on 1 January 1992

1,002 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1992. Highest significance: Lamar 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1992

On 1 January 1992, 1,002 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 958 daily.
Lamar 3 SSE set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 1 January 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,002 stations

1,002 station records on 1 January 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osborne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Montagu Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost Forest Headquarters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,002 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 524, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 1 January 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	524
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 1 January 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 958.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1992

Top 20 records on 1 January 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1992	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Sharon Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Yass (Linton Hostel), AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Wray, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Leoti, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Utica, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Genoa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1992	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	2 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Winona, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Tallangatta (Bullioh), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Bonny Dam 2NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Flagler 1S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Idalia, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1992	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	52 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1992. 1992 had 1,002 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	811
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	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 January 1992
Margin	Records
0 to 50	816
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3