Weather Records on 11 January 1920

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1920. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 11 January 1920

On 11 January 1920, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 99 daily.
Oxford set a daily record high maximum temperature of 12.6 C (54.7 F) on 11 January 1920.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 11 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 11 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 99.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1920

Top 20 records on 11 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1920	Oxford, GB	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Wien, AT	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Uccle, BE	daily high max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Plauen, DE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Weimar, DE	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1920	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	8 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

1794 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 101 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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	94
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1