Weather Records on 24 January 2012

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 2012. Highest significance: Fort Beaufort, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 January 2012

On 24 January 2012, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 487 daily.
Fort Beaufort set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 24 January 2012.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 24 January 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lumeah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	291.9 mm (11.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Penang	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wansey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Maplewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roaring River	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	136.0 cm (53.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Branch 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creeks Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Girralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 24 January 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 24 January 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 2012

Top 20 records on 24 January 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 2012	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	119 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Sherman, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Luling, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Stephenville Clark Fld, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2012	Bulverde, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Brisbane Aero, AU	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Orama (Darkwood Road), AU	monthly rain	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Idabel, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Lumeah, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Ferris, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	291.9 mm (11.5 in)	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Strawn 8 NNE, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2012	Redmond AP, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	48 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

1796 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 503 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	769
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 2012-01-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	354
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2