Weather Records on 20 January 1957

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1957. Highest significance: Geilo, NO.

Key Facts for 20 January 1957

On 20 January 1957, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 334 daily.
Geilo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 20 January 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 20 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loweth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1957

Top 20 records on 20 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1957	Geilo, NO	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1957	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1957	Indarrie, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Boddington Shire, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Caldwell, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Emmett 2 E, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Hebgen Dam, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Virden, CA	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Roundup, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Adrian, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Norddal, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Sandbaken, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Bulken, NO	monthly rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1957	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 349 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 25	249
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2