Weather Records on 7 January 2021

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2021. Highest significance: Broken Bow 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 2021

On 7 January 2021, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 519 daily.
Broken Bow 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 7 January 2021.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 7 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abag Qi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogg Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ouarzazate	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moyola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tete	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Canal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yan An	China	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Almeria/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huade	China	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 11, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2021

Top 20 records on 7 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2021	Broken Bow 1 N, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 January 2021	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Coimbatore/Peelamed, IN	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Jefferson, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Danville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Dequeen, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2021	Mt Pleasant, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Amberley AMO, AU	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Antoine 1 SW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Perry, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Texarkana, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Idabel, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Longview, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Eton Vale, AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2021	Vellore, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 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

1826 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2021. 2021 had 535 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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Data for records on 2021-01-07: 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 100	480
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1