Weather Records on 1 January 2014

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2014. Highest significance: Wiluna, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 2014

On 1 January 2014, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 530 daily.
Wiluna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.2 mm (3.9 in) on 1 January 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 1 January 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paraburdoo Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lalamilo Fld of 191.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hutag	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mondy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Padbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shiraz	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandalgobi	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 1 January 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 1 January 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2014

Top 20 records on 1 January 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2014	Wiluna, AU	monthly rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2014	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Kirley 7 N, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Messina, IT	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Judal Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	McCook, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Paraburdoo Aero, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Newman, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Mount Augustus, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Ittoqqortoormiit, GL	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Meekatharra Airport, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Shinjo, JP	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2014	Charlevoix, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 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

1798 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2014. 2014 had 545 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	403
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1