Weather Records on 7 January 1934

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1934. Highest significance: Wangaratta, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1934

On 7 January 1934, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 598 daily.
Wangaratta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.0 mm (5.1 in) on 7 January 1934.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 7 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfergus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Midgeon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 548, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	548
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 28, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 227.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1934

Top 20 records on 7 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1934	Wangaratta, AU	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Narrandera (Back Brewarrena), AU	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Granville (Kentucky), AU	all-time rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Yarran, AU	all-time rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Springhurst, AU	all-time rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Mittagong Head Station, AU	all-time rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1934	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	monthly rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Rutherglen Netherby Wine, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Miepoll South, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	monthly rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Rutherglen Post Office, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Glenfergus, AU	all-time rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Malegaon, IN	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1934	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	33 years	53 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

1826 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1934. 1934 had 645 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 50	557
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1