Weather Records on 22 January 1936

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1936. Highest significance: Lucknow, CA.

Key Facts for 22 January 1936

On 22 January 1936, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 360 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 568 daily.
Lucknow set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 22 January 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 22 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 248, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 22 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	248
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 22 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 17, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1499.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1936

Top 20 records on 22 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1936	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Tipton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	all-time low max	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	all-time low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	all-time low max	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Dauphin, CA	all-time low max	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Tunis, TN	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Collegeville St John's, US	all-time low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Lima Wwtp, US	all-time low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Aledo, US	all-time snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1936	Aurora Water, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	27 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 597 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 200	476
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1