Weather Records on 12 January 2010

1,044 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2010. Highest significance: Coulta, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 2010

On 12 January 2010, 1,044 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 992 daily.
Coulta set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 12 January 2010.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

1,044 stations

1,044 station records on 12 January 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howells	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boizenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 6 S	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arivechi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mamulique	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,044 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 243.

Records on 12 January 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	243

Records on 12 January 2010 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 30, daily 992.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2010

Top 20 records on 12 January 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2010	Coulta, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2010	Elliston, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2010	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2010	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2010	Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2010	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2010	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2010	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Bloomfield, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Sioux City AP, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Terry, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Newcastle, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Schuyler, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Howells, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Boizenburg, DE	daily snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Randolph 6 S, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2010	Carroll, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	50 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 1,044 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 100	748
100 to 200	43
200 to 300	21
300 to 400	16
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1