Weather Records on 20 January 1945

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1945. Highest significance: Sedan 7 NW, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1945

On 20 January 1945, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 282 daily.
Sedan 7 NW set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 20 January 1945.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 20 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rs	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Glade	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 20 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 20 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1945

Top 20 records on 20 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1945	Sedan 7 NW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1945	Boras, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Lakin, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Logan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Kenton, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Holly, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Garden City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Abbott 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Globe Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Tribune 1W, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Raton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1945	Seligman, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	23 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1945. 1945 had 302 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 January 1945
Margin	Records
0 to 50	201
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	5