Weather Records on 24 January 2013

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 2013. Highest significance: Hamersley, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 2013

On 24 January 2013, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 753 daily.
Hamersley set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 24 January 2013.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 24 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	273.2 mm (10.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.8 mm (7.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gracedieu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.7 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirambeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.9 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	405.0 mm (15.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.2 mm (8.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oonoonba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horse Shoe Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.2 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Slogan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 24 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 24 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 2013

Top 20 records on 24 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 2013	Hamersley, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2013	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	273.2 mm (10.8 in)	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2013	Glenlands, AU	daily rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2013	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2013	Whim Creek, AU	monthly rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Akola, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Mount Florance, AU	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Camel Creek Station, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Wondinong, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Elphinstone Pocket No1, AU	daily rain	198.8 mm (7.8 in)	129.2 mm (5.1 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Gracedieu, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.7 mm (6.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	121 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Broadmeadows, AU	daily rain	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Fairview Outstation, AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	110 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2013	Duaringa Post Office, AU	monthly rain	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	95 years	51 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2013. 2013 had 768 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	768
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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-01-24: 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 2026-10-17 (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	585
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1