Weather Records on 20 January 1935

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1935. Highest significance: Nanaimo, CA.

Key Facts for 20 January 1935

On 20 January 1935, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 559 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 837 daily.
Nanaimo set a monthly record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 20 January 1935.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 20 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 342, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	342
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 46, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1935

Top 20 records on 20 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1935	Nanaimo, CA	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1935	Hernando, US	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1935	Esquimalt, CA	all-time rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Revelstoke, CA	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Perryville, US	all-time rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Nanaimo, CA	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	all-time rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Esquimalt, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Dickson, US	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	all-time snowfall	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Holly Springs 2 N, US	all-time rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Brownsville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Liberty, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Revelstoke, CA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1935	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	40 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 904 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 50	748
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1