Weather Records on 4 January 2013

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2013. Highest significance: Ft Davis, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2013

On 4 January 2013, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 754 daily.
Ft Davis set a daily record snow depth of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 4 January 2013.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 4 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Davis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Lake 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holzkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Lake 2	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 101.

Records on 4 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	101

Records on 4 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 27, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2013

Top 20 records on 4 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2013	Ft Davis, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	111 years	75 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Ft Davis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	111 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Mt Locke, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Metten, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Trostberg, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Sanderson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2013	Water Valley, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Marienberg-Reitzenhain, DE	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Aue, DE	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	125 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Cope Rch, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Orovada 3 W, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Coleman, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	117 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Pohnpei WSO, FM	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2013	Rosenheim, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	35 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 797 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 50	621
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1