Weather Records on 4 January 1920

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1920. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1920

On 4 January 1920, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 113 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 4 January 1920.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 4 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsons Mount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 4 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

107 broken records

Margins by which the 107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1920

Top 20 records on 4 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1920	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Needles, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1920	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1920	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	28 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 113 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	78
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1