Weather Records on 14 January 1920

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1920. Highest significance: Edmonton, CA.

Key Facts for 14 January 1920

On 14 January 1920, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 65 daily.
Edmonton set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 14 January 1920.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 14 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1920

Top 20 records on 14 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1920	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1920	Wien, AT	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	80 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Weimar, DE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Ediacara, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Plauen, DE	monthly rain	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1920	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	18 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 66 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	56
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2