Weather Records on 1 January 1994

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1994. Highest significance: Pendleton Dwtn, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1994

On 1 January 1994, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 494 daily.
Pendleton Dwtn set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 1 January 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 1 January 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St John	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Rose	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre_Svartla	Sweden	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elat	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batatais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shiraz	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moffett Fed Airfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamishli	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 1 January 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 1 January 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1994

Top 20 records on 1 January 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1994	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1994	Ascencion (Smn), MX	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	St John, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Marquette, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	131 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Bhuj-Rudramata, IN	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Surat Thani, TH	monthly high max	39.3 C (102.7 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Gwalior, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Heraklion, GR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Live Oak, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Edgartown, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1994	Pelican Rapids, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1994	Fazenda Palmeiras, BR	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1994	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1994	Dzitas, MX	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1994	Newport Rose, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	32 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

1798 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1994. 1994 had 522 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	359
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	3