Weather Records on 19 January 1920

116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1920. Highest significance: Gloucester Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 1920

On 19 January 1920, 116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 114 daily.
Gloucester Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 19 January 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

116 stations

116 station records on 19 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

116 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 19 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

107 broken records

Margins by which the 107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1920

Top 20 records on 19 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1920	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1920	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	State College, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1920	Kazalinsk, KZ	monthly rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 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

1796 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 116 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	88
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1