Weather Records on 21 January 2021

626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2021. Highest significance: Bakke, NO.

Key Facts for 21 January 2021

On 21 January 2021, 626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 606 daily.
Bakke set a daily record precipitation of 88.5 mm (3.5 in) on 21 January 2021.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

626 stations

626 station records on 21 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lundsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galtjarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mogen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tavelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brande	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sohar Majis	Oman	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rottweil	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oltedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izium	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

626 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 2021

Top 20 records on 21 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2021	Bakke, NO	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Bavertrask, SE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Vannas, SE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Lovanger, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Robacksdalen, SE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2021	Lundsjon, SE	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Maudal, NO	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Galtjarn, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Mogen, NO	monthly rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Tavelsjo_D, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Science Garden, PH	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Lunner, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2021	Brande, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	46 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

1793 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 626 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,387
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	547
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1