Weather Records on 23 January 1942

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1942. Highest significance: Lowestoft, GB.

Key Facts for 23 January 1942

On 23 January 1942, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 450 daily.
Lowestoft set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 23 January 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 23 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.9 C (-41.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 76, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1942

Top 20 records on 23 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1942	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	Innsbruck, AT	monthly low min	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	Szeged, HU	all-time low max	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	Coloso, PR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	Salzburg, AT	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	Larimore 4SW, US	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1942	San Jose, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Escanaba, US	monthly high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Pecs Pogany, HU	all-time low min	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Mosita, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low max	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Minocqua, US	monthly high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Salzburg, AT	all-time low min	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Ishpeming, US	monthly high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Oconto 4 W, US	monthly high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Kremsmuenster, AT	all-time low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1942	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low min	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	29 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 535 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 20	442
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1