Weather Records on 12 January 2021

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2021. Highest significance: Taung, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 January 2021

On 12 January 2021, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 581 daily.
Taung set a daily record precipitation of 67.1 mm (2.6 in) on 12 January 2021.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 12 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bygdsiljum_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdjali	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Libus	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gronliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creeks Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
June Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sodersel_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schweitzer Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Wheeler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Hiiskula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tavelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Slaton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peavine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 12 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 12 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 32, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2021

Top 20 records on 12 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2021	Taung, ZA	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2021	Ambrolauri, GE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2021	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2021	Bygdsiljum_D, SE	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2021	Stamford 1, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2021	Olympia AP, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Lovanger, SE	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Ruzyne, CZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Kurdjali, BG	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Morse Lake, US	all-time rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Praha-Libus, CZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Gronliden, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Three Creeks Meadow, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Madrid/Cuatrovientos, ES	all-time low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Plains, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Incheon, KR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	Landsburg, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2021	June Lake, US	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	47 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

1794 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 618 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	513
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1