Weather Records on 22 January 1940

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1940. Highest significance: Emporia 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 1940

On 22 January 1940, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 286 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 539 daily.
Emporia 1 S set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 22 January 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

599 stations

599 station records on 22 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 22 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 22 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 34, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1940

Top 20 records on 22 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1940	Emporia 1 S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Nimingarra, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Greifswald, DE	all-time snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Liberty, US	all-time snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Greiz-Dolau, DE	all-time snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Gatesville, US	all-time snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Healy, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Durant, US	all-time snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Dialville 2 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Kerrville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Gatesville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Hewitt, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1940	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1940	Muenster, DE	monthly low max	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1940. 1940 had 599 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 50	451
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1