Weather Records on 7 January 1997

1,011 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1997. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1997

On 7 January 1997, 1,011 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 939 daily.
Pardoo Station set a daily record precipitation of 136.0 mm (5.4 in) on 7 January 1997.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

1,011 stations

1,011 station records on 7 January 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Tregalana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.5 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	1,594.0 mm (62.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Afton 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.4 cm (16.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rota NAS	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evant 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,011 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 203, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 212.

Records on 7 January 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	203
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	212

Records on 7 January 1997 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 52, daily 939.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

795 broken records

Margins by which the 795 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 930.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1997

Top 20 records on 7 January 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1997	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1997	Whyalla (Tregalana), AU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1997	Mallina, AU	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Villanueva, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	150.5 mm (5.9 in)	139.1 mm (5.5 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Elk City 1NE, US	daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Mandora, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Sage 4 NNW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Sakai, JP	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Morton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Mundabullangana, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Koumac (Nlle-Caledo, NC	daily rain	1,594.0 mm (62.8 in)	930.0 mm (36.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	Animas 3ESE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1997	San Saba, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	47 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

1826 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1997. 1997 had 1,011 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 2026-10-16 (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 200	769
200 to 400	19
400 to 600	6
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1