Weather Records on 22 January 1994

1,054 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1994. Highest significance: C.E.I. Ciudad Mante, MX.

Key Facts for 22 January 1994

On 22 January 1994, 1,054 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
446 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 995 daily.
C.E.I. Ciudad Mante set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 22 January 1994.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,054 stations

1,054 station records on 22 January 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
C.E.I. Ciudad Mante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santa Maria Tatetla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Coyol (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mata Anona (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Lake 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Grupo Tres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bellavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coscomatepec (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naolinco de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Encarnacion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Actopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guemez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Tomates	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley 11 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,054 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 165.

Records on 22 January 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	165

Records on 22 January 1994 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 52, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1994

Top 20 records on 22 January 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1994	C.E.I. Ciudad Mante, MX	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1994	Santa Maria Tatetla (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Colorado City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Las Vigas, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Sebree 1 E, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Puente Jula, MX	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Garden City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	El Coyol (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Jalcomulco (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Mata Anona (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Teocelo, MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Big Lake 2, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Sabinal, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Colonia Grupo Tres, MX	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Bellavista, MX	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Palmerton, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Lemmon, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Bakersfield, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Estevao Pinto, BR	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1994	Coscomatepec (Smn), MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1994. 1994 had 1,054 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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Data for records on 1994-01-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	751
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	16
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2