Weather Records on 4 January 2022

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2022. Highest significance: Jerome, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2022

On 4 January 2022, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 679 daily.
Jerome set an all-time record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 January 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 4 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yushu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dover	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saddle Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natl Arboretum Dc	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckingham	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 4 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 4 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2022

Top 20 records on 4 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2022	Jerome, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	60 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2022	Yushu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2022	Rheinstetten, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2022	Dover, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Solomons, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	128 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Huddleston 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Solomons, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Scottsville 6SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Mays Landing 1 W, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Appomattox, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Hopewell, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Shoshone, US	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Somerset, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Baden-Baden-Geroldsau, DE	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Huddleston 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Basel Binningen, CH	daily high max	18.7 C (65.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Cove 1 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Mays Landing 1 W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2022	Martinsville Fltr Plt, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	91 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

1795 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 698 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 50	542
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	1