Weather Records on 1 January 2026

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2026. Highest significance: Alni, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 2026

On 1 January 2026, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
545 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 826 daily.
Alni set a daily record precipitation of 111.6 mm (4.4 in) on 1 January 2026.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

848 stations

848 station records on 1 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.2 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fagelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainby Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brovallen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deming Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Catalina AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boden	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 344, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 1 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	344
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 1 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

713 broken records

Margins by which the 713 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2026

Top 20 records on 1 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2026	Alni, AU	daily rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2026	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Townsville Aero, AU	daily rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	194.4 mm (7.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Mt Wilson Cbs, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Chula Vista, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Ockelbo, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Sarajevo, BA	daily low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Lucinda Point, AU	daily rain	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Wallace, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	119 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Petoskey, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Lansdowne, AU	monthly rain	182.2 mm (7.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Fagelsjo_D, SE	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Tribune 1W, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Elk, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Juneau AP, US	monthly snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Plainby Station, AU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2026	Ft Davis, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	122 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

1798 to 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2026. 2026 had 848 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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Data for records on 2026-01-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	698
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1