Weather Records on 20 January 1928

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1928. Highest significance: Marsden (Merungle), AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1928

On 20 January 1928, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 377 daily.
Marsden (Merungle) set a daily record precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 20 January 1928.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 20 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 20 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1928

Top 20 records on 20 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1928	Marsden (Merungle), AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Merino, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Bethungra (Retreat), AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Stockinbingal 1, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Gredgwin (Barraport North), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Alton, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Jung Jung, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Runnymede, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1928	Puralka, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 383 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 20	300
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1