Weather Records on 13 January 2001

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 2001. Highest significance: Wauneta, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 2001

On 13 January 2001, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 618 daily.
Wauneta set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 13 January 2001.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 13 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Highmore 23 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pamiers	France	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porsa II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.0 C (-56.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.2 C (113.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record low maximum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donetsk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yingkou	China	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Choir	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.5 C (-39.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meacham	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.5 C (117.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 13 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 13 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 31, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 226.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 2001

Top 20 records on 13 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 2001	Wauneta, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2001	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	107 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2001	Highmore 23 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Miller, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Pamiers, FR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Otis, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Hartington, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Elk City 1NE, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Tromso, NO	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Porsa II, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Cape St. Francis, ZA	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Sioux City AP, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Wagner, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Le Mars, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	63 years	41 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

1794 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 662 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,150

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Data for records on 2001-01-13: 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	497
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1