Weather Records on 4 January 2025

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2025. Highest significance: Sargents, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2025

On 4 January 2025, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 462 daily.
Sargents set a daily record snow depth of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 4 January 2025.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 4 January 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sargents	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mosnov	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malacca	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sunwu	China	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yuanping	China	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huimin	China	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Slapton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Datong	China	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedara	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ryegate 18 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laoag	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 4 January 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 4 January 2025 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2025

Top 20 records on 4 January 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2025	Sargents, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	124 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2025	Mosnov, CZ	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2025	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2025	Grass Range, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2025	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Grootfontein, NA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Petrozawodsk, RU	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Joplin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Hoonah, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Grant 5 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Conrad, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Hillsboro, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	126 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Malacca, MY	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Gogerddan, GB	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2025	Ft Valley, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2025. 2025 had 477 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 100	384
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1