Weather Records on 20 January 1962

1,162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1962. Highest significance: Port Albert, AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 1962

On 20 January 1962, 1,162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 629 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,117 daily.
Port Albert set an all-time record daily precipitation of 128.3 mm (5.1 in) on 20 January 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,162 stations

1,162 station records on 20 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Disston 1 NE Laying Ck	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,162 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 339, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 290, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 20 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	339
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	290
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 20 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 36, daily 1,117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

991 broken records

Margins by which the 991 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 246.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1962

Top 20 records on 20 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1962	Port Albert, AU	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 January 1962	Yarram, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1962	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1962	Heber, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1962	Yinnar, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Cadelga, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Alberton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Madalya, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	West Yellowstone, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Callignee South, AU	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1962	N'Dabakazi (Sar), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 1,162 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 January 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 50	927
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3