Weather Records on 22 January 1975

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1975. Highest significance: Vryburg (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 January 1975

On 22 January 1975, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 460 daily.
Vryburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 22 January 1975.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 22 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeesthoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lourensgeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruy Barbosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tsabong	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada de Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skilderkrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chaval	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abidjan	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Vale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 22 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 22 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1975

Top 20 records on 22 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1975	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1975	Penedo, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Elk, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Monte Santo, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Kingsville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Eenbult, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	De Aar, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Vryburg, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Leliefontein, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Welgedacht, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Hartebeesthoek, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Klipfontein"Potfontein", ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Progress, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1975	Halden, NO	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1975	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	33 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 469 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	399
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1