Weather Records on 22 January 1944

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1944. Highest significance: Sikar, IN.

Key Facts for 22 January 1944

On 22 January 1944, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 245 daily.
Sikar set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 22 January 1944.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 22 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jenna Pullin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1944

Top 20 records on 22 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1944	Sikar, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1944	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28.3 C (50.9 F)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1944	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1944	Araci, BR	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Lencois, BR	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe), BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Kindersley, CA	daily high max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33.9 C (61.0 F)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Bradford, GB	all-time rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Shelford, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Kindersley, CA	daily high min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26.7 C (48.1 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21.7 C (39.1 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Iffley Station, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Emerson, CA	daily high min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1944	Snowtown, AU	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	12 years	23 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 247 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 January 1944
Margin	Records
0 to 10	166
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1