Weather Records on 20 January 1913

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1913. Highest significance: Lakefield, CA.

Key Facts for 20 January 1913

On 20 January 1913, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 44 daily.
Lakefield set a daily record snowfall of 33.5 cm (13.2 in) on 20 January 1913.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 20 January 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 20 January 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 January 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1913

Top 20 records on 20 January 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1913	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	20.5 cm (8.1 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1913	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Barrie, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Southampton, CA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Cottam, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	London South, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Gravenhurst, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Helmond, NL	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Dutton, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Westminster, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1913	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	27 years	13 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 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1913. 1913 had 44 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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	38
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1