Weather Records on 20 January 1922

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1922. Highest significance: Bryson City 2, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1922

On 20 January 1922, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 85 daily.
Bryson City 2 set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 20 January 1922.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 20 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Borambola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 20 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 85.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1922

Top 20 records on 20 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1922	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1922	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Methven, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Needles, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Borambola, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	College STN 6 SW, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Clarksville, US	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1922	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	18 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1922. 1922 had 86 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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 5	30
5 to 10	24
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	5
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	2