Weather Records on 26 January 1924

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1924. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 January 1924

On 26 January 1924, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 140 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 26 January 1924.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 26 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1924

Top 20 records on 26 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1924	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Frankston State Plantation, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Bancroft, CA	daily low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Koroit, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1924	Neds Corner Homestead, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	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

1795 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 141 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 10	108
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1