Weather Records on 20 January 1982

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1982. Highest significance: River Falls, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1982

On 20 January 1982, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 932 daily.
River Falls set a monthly record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 20 January 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 20 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bullyard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ex Hacienda San Diego	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knittlingen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 123, Deepest snow cover 101.

Records on 20 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	123
Deepest snow cover	101

Records on 20 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

778 broken records

Margins by which the 778 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 590.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1982

Top 20 records on 20 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1982	River Falls, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1982	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1982	Yanchep, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1982	Eradu, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1982	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Oakland, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP, US	all-time snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Appleton, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Burpengary Ulmann Rd, AU	daily rain	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Farmington 3NW, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Jordan 1SSW, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Tamala, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Quanaminning, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Ruidoso, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1982	Coodardy, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 958 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	750
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1