Weather Records on 20 January 1932

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1932. Highest significance: Mackay Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1932

On 20 January 1932, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 133 daily.
Mackay Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 335.0 mm (13.2 in) on 20 January 1932.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 20 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	335.0 mm (13.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	337.6 mm (13.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 20 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 20 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

102 broken records

Margins by which the 102 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1932

Top 20 records on 20 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1932	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	335.0 mm (13.2 in)	175.7 mm (6.9 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	213.3 mm (8.4 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	337.6 mm (13.3 in)	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1932	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Camp Crook, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Boras, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Camp Crook, US	monthly rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Perm, RU	daily rain	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Nazira, IN	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1932	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	49 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 139 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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Data for records on 1932-01-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	95
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1