Weather Records on 26 January 2021

1,417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 2021. Highest significance: Bagdad, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 2021

On 26 January 2021, 1,417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 375 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,363 daily.
Bagdad set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 26 January 2021.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

1,417 stations

1,417 station records on 26 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bagdad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paradise	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Clarence Gardens Bow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waialae-Kahala 715	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Hts 764.6	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kocelovice	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dix Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,417 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 248, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 538, Heaviest daily snowfall 200, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 26 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	248
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	538
Heaviest daily snowfall	200
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 26 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 46, daily 1,363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,243 broken records

Margins by which the 1,243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 820.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 2021

Top 20 records on 26 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 2021	Bagdad, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	95 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Blinman, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Princeton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Tekamah, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Man, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Yunta (Panaramitee), AU	monthly rain	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Pleasant Valley, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Grundy Ctr, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	119 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Logan, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	119 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Paradise, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	120 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Jefferson, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2021	Audubon, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2021	Shenandoah, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2021	Nolin Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	57 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 1,417 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-01-26: 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	1,236
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1