Weather Records on 20 January 1923

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1923. Highest significance: Portland, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1923

On 20 January 1923, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 40 daily.
Portland set a daily record snow depth of 119.4 cm (47.0 in) on 20 January 1923.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 20 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.1 C (-60.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

33 broken records

Margins by which the 33 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 788.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1923

Top 20 records on 20 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	78.8 cm (31.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1923	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Feodosiia, UA	monthly rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	-51.1 C (-60.0 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	1 year	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Storrs, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Stratford, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1923	Newport, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	13 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 41 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 100	31
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1