Weather Records on 21 January 1992

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1992. Highest significance: Green Rvr, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1992

On 21 January 1992, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 436 daily.
Green Rvr set a daily record snow depth of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 21 January 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 21 January 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.3 C (113.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macedonia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tumeremo	Venezuela	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guiria	Venezuela	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lancang	China	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Samtredia	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Comitas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raul Soares-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pedregulho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kleiner Feldberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beja	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshereche	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 21 January 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 21 January 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1992

Top 20 records on 21 January 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1992	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Totatiche, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Melilla, ES	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Weaverville, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Indianola 1SW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Blair, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily high max	45.3 C (113.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Academy 2NE, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Abre Campo, BR	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Denison, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Pedernal 9 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1992	Langvattnet, SE	monthly high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Valentine, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Sihccajavri, NO	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Macedonia, BR	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Teriberka, RU	daily high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Detroit Metro AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1992	Hartington, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	48 years	30 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

1793 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 447 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	356
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1