Weather Records on 22 January 1926

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1926. Highest significance: Charlottetown, CA.

Key Facts for 22 January 1926

On 22 January 1926, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 256 daily.
Charlottetown set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 22 January 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

259 stations

259 station records on 22 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 22 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 22 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1926

Top 20 records on 22 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1926	Hernando, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Old Mapoon, AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Temple, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	34 years	19 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 259 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 20	211
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1