Weather Records on 7 January 1920

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1920. Highest significance: Oksoey Fyr, NO.

Key Facts for 7 January 1920

On 7 January 1920, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 58 daily.
Oksoey Fyr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 7 January 1920.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 7 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1920 by type: Highest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 169.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1920

Top 20 records on 7 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1920	Oksoey Fyr, NO	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Gympie, AU	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Boras, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1920	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Halden, NO	all-time rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	St Helena Island, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1920	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	25 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

1826 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1920. 1920 had 60 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 25	34
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1