Weather Records on 23 January 1994

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1994. Highest significance: Pettibone, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1994

On 23 January 1994, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 759 daily.
Pettibone set a daily record snow depth of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 23 January 1994.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 23 January 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Juliana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tamos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Agulhas Negras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Leopoldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Coyol (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.4 C (-44.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forsan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 121.

Records on 23 January 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	121

Records on 23 January 1994 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1994

Top 20 records on 23 January 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1994	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1994	Rinconada, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	all-time snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Puente Jula, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Santa Juliana, BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Tamos, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Barkhamsted, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Heath, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Palmerton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Lehighton 1SSW, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Rooiwal, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Teuschnitz, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Jalcomulco (Cfe), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Cyferfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Anaconda, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1994	Hanover, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	87 years	39 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 798 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 100	544
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1