Weather Records on 17 January 2012

847 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2012. Highest significance: Montville "Craglands", AU.

Key Facts for 17 January 2012

On 17 January 2012, 847 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 826 daily.
Montville "Craglands" set a daily record precipitation of 159.2 mm (6.3 in) on 17 January 2012.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

847 stations

847 station records on 17 January 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helens Rfd	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpa de Mendez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arellano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danewood Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

847 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 January 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 January 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2012

Top 20 records on 17 January 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2012	Montville "Craglands", AU	daily rain	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2012	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2012	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2012	Peachester, AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	106 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Arlington, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Baring, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Beerburrum Forest Station, AU	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Bluffton 6N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Saint Helens Rfd, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Zonguldak, TR	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Kokomo 5 WSW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Chiconautla, MX	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	East London, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2012	Salem, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	45 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2012. 2012 had 847 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	1,023
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	369

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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 50	620
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1