Weather Records on 22 January 1952

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1952. Highest significance: Tihoreck, RU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1952

On 22 January 1952, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 736 daily.
Tihoreck set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 22 January 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 22 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscarora Andrae Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Four Corners	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	213.4 cm (84.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 186, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 22 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	186
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 22 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 736.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1952

Top 20 records on 22 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1952	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1952	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Millstream, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Bunnawarra, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Widgiemooltha, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Barnong, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Walebing, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Burnerbinmah, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Yandil, AU	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1952	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	47 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 753 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	616
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1