Weather Records on 20 January 1925

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1925. Highest significance: Blackall Township, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1925

On 20 January 1925, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 179 daily.
Blackall Township set a daily record precipitation of 126.7 mm (5.0 in) on 20 January 1925.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 20 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1925

Top 20 records on 20 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1925	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Columbia, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Augusta, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Belvidere, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Plainfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Belvidere, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1925	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	State College, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	Boston City WSO, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1925	Effingham, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1925. 1925 had 181 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	145
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2