Weather Records on 17 January 2001

744 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2001. Highest significance: Cagliari, IT.

Key Facts for 17 January 2001

On 17 January 2001, 744 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 721 daily.
Cagliari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.1 mm (4.0 in) on 17 January 2001.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

744 stations

744 station records on 17 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Greeley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 7 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.9 C (112.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weemelah (Crinolyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dandanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Saltito	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley View	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aguila	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

744 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 17 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 17 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 721.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2001

Top 20 records on 17 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2001	Cagliari, IT	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2001	Lamar, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2001	Wolf Pt, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2001	Greeley, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Syracuse 1NE, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Laguna, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Laguna, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Turkey, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Tribune 1W, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Trujillo Alto 2 SSW, PR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Springfield 7 WSW, US	all-time snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Agartala, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2001	Richfield, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	55 years	42 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 744 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 50	523
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2