Weather Records on 22 January 1955

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1955. Highest significance: Woodburn Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1955

On 22 January 1955, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 371 daily.
Woodburn Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 197.9 mm (7.8 in) on 22 January 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 22 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Bullerana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mascotte Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Duri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 22 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 22 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1955

Top 20 records on 22 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1955	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1955	Walma, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1955	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Coraki Post Office, AU	monthly rain	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Moree (Bullerana), AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	monthly rain	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Urunga (Sunset Place), AU	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Raleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Marsrakh, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Collarenebri (Bundabarina), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	152.6 mm (6.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Lalitpur, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Noondoo, AU	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1955	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	43 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 384 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	312
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1