Weather Records on 1 January 1920

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1920. Highest significance: Inverell Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1920

On 1 January 1920, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 57 daily.
Inverell Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 1 January 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 1 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fernmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1920

Top 20 records on 1 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1920	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1920	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Sarna, SE	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Port Elliott, AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Meadows, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1920	Milang, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	35 years	14 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

1798 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1920. 1920 had 57 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	47
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1