Weather Records on 23 January 2002

1,174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2002. Highest significance: Knoxville AP, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 2002

On 23 January 2002, 1,174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
806 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,136 daily.
Knoxville AP set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 23 January 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,174 stations

1,174 station records on 23 January 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel de Lobos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,174 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 400, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 406, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 January 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	400
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	406
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 January 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 1,136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

892 broken records

Margins by which the 892 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2002

Top 20 records on 23 January 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2002	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2002	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2002	Mc Minnville, US	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Castle Rock, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Shelbyville Water Dept, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Charlevoix, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Smithville 2 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Prairie du Chien, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Nice, FR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	East London, ZA	daily low max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Bailey, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Maquoketa, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Minsk, BY	daily high min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2002	Cottbus, DE	daily high min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	100 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,174 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	873
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1