Weather Records on 22 January 2002

1,126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2002. Highest significance: Auburn, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 2002

On 22 January 2002, 1,126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,094 daily.
Auburn set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 22 January 2002.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,126 stations

1,126 station records on 22 January 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton (Maroomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitta Mitta Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford (Tycor)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton (Leeward)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,126 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 251, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 590, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 22 January 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	251
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	590
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 22 January 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 1,094.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 2002

Top 20 records on 22 January 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2002	Auburn, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	111 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2002	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2002	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Snowball, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Nevelsk, RU	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Riverton, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	John Day, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Manoora, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Adams 7 SSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Genoa (Fools Haven), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2002	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	84 years	44 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,126 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	1,484
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	920
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2