Weather Records on 18 January 1920

109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1920. Highest significance: Agassiz Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 18 January 1920

On 18 January 1920, 109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 103 daily.
Agassiz Cda set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 18 January 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

109 stations

109 station records on 18 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

109 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 18 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1920

Top 20 records on 18 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1920	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1920	Wien, AT	monthly high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Oxford, GB	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Rapid City Forrest, CA	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Rapid City Forrest, CA	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Bondi, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1920	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4 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

1795 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 109 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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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 50	98
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1