Weather Records on 20 January 1965

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1965. Highest significance: Weldon, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1965

On 20 January 1965, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 276 daily.
Weldon set a daily record snow depth of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 20 January 1965.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 20 January 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weldon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Piqua	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 20 January 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 20 January 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1965

Top 20 records on 20 January 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1965	Weldon, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Tibri, IN	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Bowie, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1965	Eagle Creek, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Ft Grant, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	San Jacinto, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Defiance, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Noblesville River, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Barguzin, RU	daily high min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	13.5 C (24.3 F)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	N Wilkesboro, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1965	St George, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1965. 1965 had 283 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	176
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4