Weather Records on 1 January 2023

1,652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2023. Highest significance: Austin #2, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 2023

On 1 January 2023, 1,652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,218 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 387 monthly and 1,263 daily.
Austin #2 set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 January 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,652 stations

1,652 station records on 1 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Rawlins AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kamas	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolob	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elk River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefork #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosby Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Grassy	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stead	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,652 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 609, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 609, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 1 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	609
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	609
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 1 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 387, daily 1,263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,491 broken records

Margins by which the 1,491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2023

Top 20 records on 1 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2023	Austin #2, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	134 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 January 2023	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Yerington, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Walnut Creek, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Rawlins AP, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Wamsutter, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Carson City, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Tooele, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	New Harmony, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Grant Grove, US	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2023	Kamas, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Minden, US	all-time rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Minden, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Yerington, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Woodruff, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Kolob, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2023	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	55 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

1798 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2023. 2023 had 1,652 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	1,430
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1