Weather Records on 4 January 1992

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1992. Highest significance: Copper Hill, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 1992

On 4 January 1992, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
700 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,127 daily.
Copper Hill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 4 January 1992.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 4 January 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blacksburg Nwso	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tosari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birr	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shurchi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shirabad	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ahome	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Springs College	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galax Radio Wbrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Columbine	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huacapas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunlock Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 443, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 4 January 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	443
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 4 January 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 73, daily 1,127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

996 broken records

Margins by which the 996 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1992

Top 20 records on 4 January 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1992	Copper Hill, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1992	Tarboro 1 S, US	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Mexicali (Dge), MX	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Rougemont, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Danville 2 SE, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Valdaj, RU	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Durham, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Norfolk Intl AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Blacksburg Nwso, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Tosari, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Woodlea, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Oceana NAS, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Birr, IE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Lafayette 1 NE, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Vienna, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1992	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	82 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 1,201 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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Data for records on 1992-01-04: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	938
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1