Weather Records on 1 January 2002

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2002. Highest significance: Westwood Store, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 2002

On 1 January 2002, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 758 daily.
Westwood Store set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 1 January 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 1 January 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	97.8 cm (38.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Marienberg	Germany	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenview	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranga North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anapa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malin 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Mountain (Davison Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toolara Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 126.

Records on 1 January 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	126

Records on 1 January 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 32, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 782.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2002

Top 20 records on 1 January 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2002	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2002	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Newry, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Teuschnitz, DE	monthly snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	97.8 cm (38.5 in)	78.2 cm (30.8 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Beerfelden, DE	monthly snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Ulricehamn, SE	daily low min	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Colusa 2 SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Burris, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Hof, DE	daily snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Holland Wtp, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Elizabethton, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2002	Legune, AU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	40 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

1798 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2002. 2002 had 795 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	810
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	590
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	849

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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 2026-10-14 (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 100	617
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1