Weather Records on 14 January 1923

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1923. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 January 1923

On 14 January 1923, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 116 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 14 January 1923.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 14 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 116.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

101 broken records

Margins by which the 101 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1923

Top 20 records on 14 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1923	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1923	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Nymagee (Pyramid), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	State College, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Escanaba, US	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1923	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	51 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

1794 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 120 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 25	91
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1