Weather Records on 1 January 1997

2,601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1997. Highest significance: Beatrice Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1997

On 1 January 1997, 2,601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,539 were record highs and 520 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 232 monthly and 2,357 daily.
Beatrice Hill set a daily record precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 1 January 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 1 January 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Juquila (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pit Rvr Ph 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Quissama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra City	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruch	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,601 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 697, Lowest daily maximum 349, Highest daily minimum 842, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 147.

Records on 1 January 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	697
Lowest daily maximum	349
Highest daily minimum	842
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	147

Records on 1 January 1997 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 232, daily 2,357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,198 broken records

Margins by which the 2,198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1997

Top 20 records on 1 January 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1997	Beatrice Hill, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Winters, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Valley Falls, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Yreka, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Berkeley, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Vacaville, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Mobridge 2NNW, US	monthly snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Port Townsend, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Canby 3 SW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1997	Twin Lakes, US	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1997	Selby, US	monthly snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	2 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1997	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1997	Ukiah, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1997	Superior, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1997	Danner, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1997	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	87 years	20 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1997. 1997 had 2,601 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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Data for records on 1997-01-01: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	2,144
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1