Weather Records on 25 January 1923

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1923. Highest significance: Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 25 January 1923

On 25 January 1923, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 214 daily.
Elliotdale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 25 January 1923.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 25 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1923

Top 20 records on 25 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1923	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1923	Wentworth (Cuthero), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1923	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1923	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1923	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1923	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Tunis, TN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Vestervig, DK	monthly high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Halmstad, SE	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Storlien, SE	daily rain	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Keene, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1923	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	32 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

1795 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 218 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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 50	193
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1