Weather Records on 7 January 2001

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2001. Highest significance: Malkal, SD.

Key Facts for 7 January 2001

On 7 January 2001, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 848 daily.
Malkal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 7 January 2001.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 7 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-39.8 C (-39.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-39.0 C (-38.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Airport	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzedeevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sebewaing	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.0 C (-56.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chenoa	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonsina	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rebriha	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.2 C (-33.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 7 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 7 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 60, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2001

Top 20 records on 7 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2001	Malkal, SD	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2001	Abu Hamed, SD	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2001	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Hvar, HR	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Babuskin, RU	all-time low max	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Aburatsu, JP	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Seward AP, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Bad Axe, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Pioche, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Tyndall, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Finca Argovia, MX	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	El Salitre, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Wertsville 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Presa Valerio Trujano, MX	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2001	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 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

1826 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2001. 2001 had 915 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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Data for records on 2001-01-07: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	712
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	4