Weather Records on 22 January 1984

1,220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1984. Highest significance: Lyndhurst Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1984

On 22 January 1984, 1,220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 859 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 43 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,146 daily.
Lyndhurst Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 22 January 1984.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,220 stations

1,220 station records on 22 January 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	195.7 mm (7.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cockatoo Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centreville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itapitangui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mathias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,220 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 281, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 578, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 22 January 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	281
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	578
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 22 January 1984 by timescale: all-time 43, monthly 31, daily 1,146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

976 broken records

Margins by which the 976 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1984

Top 20 records on 22 January 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1984	Lyndhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Prachin Buri, TH	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Richland, US	all-time snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Haverhill, US	all-time low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Cherokee 4W, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Tribune 1W, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Porto Cubatao, BR	daily rain	195.7 mm (7.7 in)	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Cape Leveque, AU	daily rain	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Dutton River Station, AU	daily rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, BM	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	State College, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Wilmington New Castle Co AP, US	all-time low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1984	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	65 years	40 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1984. 1984 had 1,220 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	934
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1