Weather Records on 13 January 1920

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1920. Highest significance: Kunzelsau, DE.

Key Facts for 13 January 1920

On 13 January 1920, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 82 daily.
Kunzelsau set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 13 January 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 13 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 13 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1920

Top 20 records on 13 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1920	Kunzelsau, DE	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1920	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1920	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1920	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Ohringen, DE	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Milan, IT	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Helmond, NL	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Roermond, NL	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Uccle, BE	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1920	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 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 87 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,150

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	73
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1