Weather Records on 7 January 2013

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2013. Highest significance: Rosalia, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 2013

On 7 January 2013, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 389 daily.
Rosalia set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 7 January 2013.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 7 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patna	India	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams Fk Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hartline	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keshan	China	Record low maximum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trieste	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Diourbel	Senegal	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Callao	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.5 C (117.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Loningen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 7 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 7 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 2, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2013

Top 20 records on 7 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2013	Rosalia, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2013	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Cle Elum, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Cooralya, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Ft Stockton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Emu Creek Station, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Wendover AP AWOS, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Bowman Springs, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Jokkmokk, SE	daily snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Colville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2013	Lenora Coop, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 2013	Ft Stockton, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 2013	Wendover AP AWOS, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 2013	Patna, IN	all-time low max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 2013	Lugano, CH	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1826 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2013. 2013 had 397 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 20	324
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1