Weather Records on 29 January 1920

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1920. Highest significance: Sterling, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 January 1920

On 29 January 1920, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 56 daily.
Sterling set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 29 January 1920.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 29 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.1 C (-49.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.7 C (-53.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1920

Top 20 records on 29 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1920	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1920	Genoa, IT	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1920	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1920	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1920	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1920	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Putbus, DE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	St John's, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1920	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	17 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 57 records.

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

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 January 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	35
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	3