Weather Records on 25 January 2021

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 2021. Highest significance: Lincoln AP, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 2021

On 25 January 2021, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,071 daily.
Lincoln AP set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 25 January 2021.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 25 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Geneva	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erie	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Jack Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 174, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 445, Heaviest daily snowfall 117, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 25 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	174
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	445
Heaviest daily snowfall	117
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 25 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 1,071.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

968 broken records

Margins by which the 968 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 2021

Top 20 records on 25 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 2021	Lincoln AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	122 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Pittsburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	119 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Lockwood, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Erick, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Columbus, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	122 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Geneva, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Beretania Pump STN 705, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Fredonia, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Geneva, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	De Soto, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	117 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2021	Hastings 4N, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2021	Georgetown Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2021	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2021	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2021	Independence, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	122 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2021	Uliastai, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2 years	56 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 1,094 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-01-25: 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 200	965
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1