Weather Records on 20 January 1915

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1915. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 20 January 1915

On 20 January 1915, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 153 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 20 January 1915.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 20 January 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 January 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 January 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1915

Top 20 records on 20 January 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1915	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1915	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1915	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Palermo, IT	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Dalhousie, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	23.1 C (73.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Truro, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Halden, NO	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Vinga, SE	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1915	Morgan Post Office, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1915. 1915 had 153 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 20	138
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1