Weather Records on 20 January 1954

791 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1954. Highest significance: Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1954

On 20 January 1954, 791 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 763 daily.
Cloncurry McIllwraith St set a daily record precipitation of 142.2 mm (5.6 in) on 20 January 1954.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

791 stations

791 station records on 20 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

791 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 20 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 20 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 23, daily 763.

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 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1954

Top 20 records on 20 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1954	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1954	Roermond, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1954	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Chas, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Ashwood, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Ozark, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Helmond, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Wasco, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Campo Maior, BR	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Bjuraker, SE	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1954	Granada Station, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1954	Kamilaroi Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1954	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1954	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 791 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	610
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2