Weather Records on 15 January 1920

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1920. Highest significance: Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 1920

On 15 January 1920, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 78 daily.
Ebor (Wongwibinda) set a daily record precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 15 January 1920.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 15 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Poodra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

69 broken records

Margins by which the 69 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1920

Top 20 records on 15 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1920	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1920	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	13.2 C (23.8 F)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Southampton, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	St Albans, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Kazan, RU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Miltalie (Poodra), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Yardea, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Coldwater, CA	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Coldwater, CA	daily low min	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	19 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 79 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 10	60
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3