Weather Records on 17 January 1994

1,805 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1994. Highest significance: Shelbyville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 1994

On 17 January 1994, 1,805 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 33 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,698 daily.
Shelbyville 1 E set an all-time record daily snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 17 January 1994.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,805 stations

1,805 station records on 17 January 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ripley Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Parma	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hutsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,805 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 242, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 508, Heaviest daily snowfall 469, Deepest snow cover 216.

Records on 17 January 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	242
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	508
Heaviest daily snowfall	469
Deepest snow cover	216

Records on 17 January 1994 by timescale: all-time 33, monthly 74, daily 1,698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,455 broken records

Margins by which the 1,455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1994

Top 20 records on 17 January 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1994	Shelbyville 1 E, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	76 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 January 1994	Maysville Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 January 1994	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	all-time snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	91 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 January 1994	Falmouth, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	83 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 January 1994	Cynthiana, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	43 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Ripley Exp Farm, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Waverly, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Lancaster, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Madisonville, US	all-time snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Parma, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Perryville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1994	Lockport Lock 2, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1994	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1994	Bardstown 5E, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1994	Shelbyville 1 E, US	all-time snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1994	Salem, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	58 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1994. 1994 had 1,805 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	1,150
50 to 100	180
100 to 150	66
150 to 200	28
200 to 250	20
250 to 300	8
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1