Weather Records on 26 January 2014

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 2014. Highest significance: Thorhult, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 2014

On 26 January 2014, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 588 daily.
Thorhult set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 26 January 2014.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 26 January 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Konya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barbourville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sainshand	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erenhot	China	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 26 January 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 26 January 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 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

26 January 2014

Top 20 records on 26 January 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 2014	Thorhult, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2014	Manzini/Matsapa Air, SZ	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2014	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Streaky Bay, AU	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Baldwin, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Grantsburg, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Ittoqqortoormiit, GL	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Kwajalein, MH	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Mora, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Cordova AP, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Lodi, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Curtis, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Ravenna, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Willows 6 W, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Tribune 1W, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2014	Buckhannon, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 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

1795 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2014. 2014 had 624 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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	484
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1