Weather Records on 2 January 2022

1,905 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2022. Highest significance: Pokegama Dam, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2022

On 2 January 2022, 1,905 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,233 were record highs and 326 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 154 monthly and 1,749 daily.
Pokegama Dam set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 2 January 2022.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,905 stations

1,905 station records on 2 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waialae-Kahala 715	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	238.8 cm (94.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,905 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 566, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 667, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 2 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	566
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	667
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 2 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 154, daily 1,749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,596 broken records

Margins by which the 1,596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2022

Top 20 records on 2 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2022	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Bluestone Lake, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Colorado Nm, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Pella 1S, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	98 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Bayard, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2022	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Greenup Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Saluda, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	The Channon, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Cove 1 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Cheraw, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Elberton 2 N, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Lumberton, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Monroe 2 SE, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Waialae-Kahala 715, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2022	Buckhorn Lake, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	51 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 1,905 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 100	1,586
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1