Weather Records on 1 January 1924

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1924. Highest significance: Newport, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1924

On 1 January 1924, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 349 daily.
Newport set an all-time record low minimum temperature of -12.2 C (10.0 F) on 1 January 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 1 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mira Monte Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1924

Top 20 records on 1 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1924	Newport, US	all-time low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Mt Angel, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Yalta, UA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily low min	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Astoria, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Oelrichs, US	daily low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	St Peter, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Moxee, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Hay Springs, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	monthly low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Manoora, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	The Dalles, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Port Townsend, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1924	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1924. 1924 had 357 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	299
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1