Weather Records on 1 January 2020

523 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2020. Highest significance: Bolsoy Santar, RU.

Key Facts for 1 January 2020

On 1 January 2020, 523 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 517 daily.
Bolsoy Santar set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 1 January 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

523 stations

523 station records on 1 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lazy Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Divide Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bilma	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaisalmer	India	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alyeska	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porphyry Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheep Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

523 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 1 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 1 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2020

Top 20 records on 1 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2020	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2020	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2020	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Luroy, NO	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Lazy Mtn, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Butte, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Glendive, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Arcadia, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Puntilla, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Stampede Pass, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Divide Peak, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Zugspitze, DE	daily high max	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Chinook, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Plevna, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Wamsutter, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2020	Gustavus, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 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

1798 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2020. 2020 had 523 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	398
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2