Weather Records on 22 January 1941

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1941. Highest significance: Cumberland Station, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1941

On 22 January 1941, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 235 daily.
Cumberland Station set a daily record precipitation of 135.9 mm (5.4 in) on 22 January 1941.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 22 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 22 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 22 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 720.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1941

Top 20 records on 22 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1941	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Alexandria, AU	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Hamilton Downs, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1941	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Grand River Lock, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Karina, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Dulce, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Boorara, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Iguape, BR	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Gavle, SE	daily low max	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1941	Storlien, SE	daily low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	25 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 237 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 100	208
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1