Weather Records on 4 January 2021

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2021. Highest significance: Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 2021

On 4 January 2021, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 414 daily.
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 4 January 2021.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 4 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plummer 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Namarah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston ( Aldinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tidal River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meandarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yagaburne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Semijarka	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kufra	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulcea	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heraklion	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2021

Top 20 records on 4 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2021	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2021	Dimbokro, CI	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Gordon Golf Club, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Plummer 3 WSW, US	all-time rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Whitemark Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Hannaford Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Namarah, AU	monthly rain	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Chewelah, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Highfields, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Santander Cmt, ES	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Alni, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Hillston ( Aldinga), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2021	Giffard, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	85 years	43 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2021. 2021 had 427 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 25	333
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1