Weather Records on 21 January 2012

1,148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2012. Highest significance: Marysvale, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 2012

On 21 January 2012, 1,148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
394 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,106 daily.
Marysvale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 21 January 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,148 stations

1,148 station records on 21 January 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marysvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy Opening	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jack Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Keg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Draw	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapon St Pk #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bountiful Bench	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,148 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 232, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 495, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 21 January 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	232
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	495
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 21 January 2012 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 38, daily 1,106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

924 broken records

Margins by which the 924 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 2012

Top 20 records on 21 January 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2012	Marysvale, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2012	Winning, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2012	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2012	Mt Carroll, US	daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Prairie du Chien, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Big Sandy Opening, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Rodrigues, MU	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Atoyac, MX	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Little Port Walter, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Barberton, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Clear Creek #2, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Mundaring Weir, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Metten, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Allison, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Jerome, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Vernon, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2012	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	47 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

1793 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 1,148 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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	881
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1