Weather Records on 23 January 1922

54 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1922. Highest significance: Yarmouth, CA.

Key Facts for 23 January 1922

On 23 January 1922, 54 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 53 daily.
Yarmouth set a daily record low maximum temperature of -12.8 C (9.0 F) on 23 January 1922.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

54 stations

54 station records on 23 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

54 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 3, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	3
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1922

Top 20 records on 23 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1922	Yarmouth, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Coldwater, CA	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Galway, IE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Gardiner, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Quebec, CA	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Franklin, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Green Bay, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Calumet, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low max	14.8 C (58.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Brandon Cda, CA	daily low min	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Needles, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Renfrew, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Chatham 2, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Storrs, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1922	Irkutsk, RU	daily low max	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	3 years	12 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 54 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 3	22
3 to 5	9
5 to 8	4
8 to 10	1
10 to 13	1
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	0
18 to 20	1