Weather Records on 26 January 2001

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 2001. Highest significance: Marree (Witchelina), AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 2001

On 26 January 2001, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 656 daily.
Marree (Witchelina) set a daily record precipitation of 89.0 mm (3.5 in) on 26 January 2001.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 26 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Iron Knob (Gilles Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Brinkley South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andamooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Clapham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe 7 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waco Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drummond	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 26 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 26 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 11, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 2001

Top 20 records on 26 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 2001	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2001	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2001	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2001	Iron Knob (Gilles Downs), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Ellsworth 1E, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Higgins, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Wellington (Brinkley South), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	River Falls, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Soria, ES	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Dergholm (Dorodong), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Polson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Golden, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Bakke, NO	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Colfax, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Andamooka, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel, AU	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Adelaide (Clapham), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2001	Nevada City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 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 672 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 2001-01-26: 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 50	523
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1