Weather Records on 2 January 1924

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1924. Highest significance: Ashwood, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1924

On 2 January 1924, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 158 daily.
Ashwood set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 2 January 1924.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 2 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Poodra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mira Monte Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mira Monte Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 2, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1924

Top 20 records on 2 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1924	Ashwood, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1924	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1924	Gladfield Hopefield Estate, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Santa Barbara, US	all-time low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Redding Fire STN 2, US	all-time low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Palmetto, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Adairsville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Rugby, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Miltalie (Poodra), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Manoora, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1924	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 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

1794 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 165 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	117
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1