Weather Records on 20 January 1942

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1942. Highest significance: Jamieson, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1942

On 20 January 1942, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 945 daily.
Jamieson set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 20 January 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 20 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgundawa Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 679, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	679
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 25, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

904 broken records

Margins by which the 904 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1942

Top 20 records on 20 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1942	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Tolmie (Langley), AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Kadina, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Woodend (Carlisle Street), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Meningie, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Biscuit Flat (Woolmit), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Somerville, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Wynyard State School, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Pondooma Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Moonta, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Kingston SE, AU	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Marysville (Post Office), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Yolla (Sea View), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Garfield, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1942	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	50 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 979 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 10	580
10 to 20	201
20 to 30	76
30 to 40	30
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1