Weather Records on 22 January 1986

523 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1986. Highest significance: Nkobongo (Agr), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 January 1986

On 22 January 1986, 523 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 508 daily.
Nkobongo (Agr) set a daily record precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 22 January 1986.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

523 stations

523 station records on 22 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex Inlet Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pantapin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pormpuraaw Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.6 mm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.1 C (-56.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.8 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuotuohe	China	Record low minimum temperature	-42.3 C (-44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuotuohe	China	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

523 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 22 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 22 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1986

Top 20 records on 22 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1986	Nkobongo (Agr), ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Louisa Downs, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Dzitas, MX	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Halls Creek Airport, AU	daily rain	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Jubilee Downs, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Sussex Inlet Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Pantapin, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Dutch Harbor, US	all-time low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Escarcega (Smn), MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Pormpuraaw Township, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1986	Sugar Camp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	39 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1986. 1986 had 523 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 25	370
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1