Weather Records on 12 January 2023

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2023. Highest significance: De Bilt, NL.

Key Facts for 12 January 2023

On 12 January 2023, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 782 daily.
De Bilt set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 12 January 2023.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 12 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moringen-Lutterbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crab Orchard 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cabauw	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asslar Klein-Altenstadten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rotterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record high maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Qian Gorlos	China	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luisenthal (Talsperre )	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colton	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 266, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 12 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	266
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 12 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 37, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

708 broken records

Margins by which the 708 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2023

Top 20 records on 12 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2023	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2023	Maylands, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2023	Alexandria, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Schierke, DE	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Chengshantou, CN	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Surbiton Station, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Lennestadt-Theten, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Gilze-Rijen, NL	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Moringen-Lutterbeck, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Herwijnen, NL	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Chardzhev, TM	daily low max	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Saragt, TM	daily low max	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Hayden, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2023	Crab Orchard 6 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	44 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 830 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	684
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1