Weather Records on 17 January 2010

876 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2010. Highest significance: Creighton, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 2010

On 17 January 2010, 876 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 855 daily.
Creighton set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 17 January 2010.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

876 stations

876 station records on 17 January 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howells	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 6 S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Craigsville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Dale 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

876 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 89.

Records on 17 January 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	89

Records on 17 January 2010 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2010

Top 20 records on 17 January 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2010	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	100 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Audubon, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	98 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Hartwell, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2010	Anderson, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Bamberg, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Morganton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Toccoa, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Williamsburg, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Howells, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Danbury, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Lyons, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Randolph 6 S, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2010	Springfield, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	51 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2010. 2010 had 876 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 2026-10-17 (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	697
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1