Weather Records on 31 January 1920

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1920. Highest significance: Ayrshire Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1920

On 31 January 1920, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 107 daily.
Ayrshire Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 149.4 mm (5.9 in) on 31 January 1920.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 31 January 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 31 January 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 January 1920 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 107.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

99 broken records

Margins by which the 99 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1920

Top 20 records on 31 January 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1920	Ayrshire Downs, AU	all-time rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1920	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1920	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1920	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1920	Bologna, IT	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Toronto, CA	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Lindsay, CA	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Concord, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	World Trade Ctr, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1920	Lindsay, CA	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	10 years	21 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

1800 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1920. 1920 had 113 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	87
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1