Weather Records on 14 January 2021

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 2021. Highest significance: Zuerich/Fluntern, CH.

Key Facts for 14 January 2021

On 14 January 2021, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
468 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 657 daily.
Zuerich/Fluntern set a daily record precipitation of 46.8 mm (1.8 in) on 14 January 2021.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 14 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ihringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hotan	China	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 14 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 14 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 657.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 2021

Top 20 records on 14 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 2021	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2021	Rtiscevo, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2021	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2021	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2021	Guadalajara, MX	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Kosice, SK	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	San Jose, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Council, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Ihringen, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Curtis, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Spirit Lake, US	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Windom, US	monthly high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2021	Carroll, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	126 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

1794 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 677 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 20	543
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1