Weather Records on 12 January 2013

1,481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2013. Highest significance: 1 WSW Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 12 January 2013

On 12 January 2013, 1,481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,041 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,404 daily.
1 WSW Princeton set a daily record precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 12 January 2013.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,481 stations

1,481 station records on 12 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hayling Island	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minidoka Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.9 C (118.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,481 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 415, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 626, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 12 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	415
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	626
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 12 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 64, daily 1,404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,186 broken records

Margins by which the 1,186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2013

Top 20 records on 12 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2013	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2013	Cavalier 7NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2013	Chimoio, MZ	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2013	Hayling Island, GB	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Napoleonville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Paducah, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Rochester, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Morgan City, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Orovada 3 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Washita, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Streator 2SE, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Defiance, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Mancos 1SW, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2013	Minidoka Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 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

1794 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2013. 2013 had 1,481 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	1,164
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1