Weather Records on 2 January 2020

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2020. Highest significance: Huntsville Intnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2020

On 2 January 2020, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 621 daily.
Huntsville Intnl AP set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 2 January 2020.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 2 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly Peak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandane	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durango Dgo.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gjengedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mustasaari Valassaaret	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goure	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaasa Vaasan Lentoasema	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ahtari Myllymaki	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Svelgen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 2 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 2 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2020

Top 20 records on 2 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2020	Huntsville Intnl AP, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2020	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Reserve Rs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Butte, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Susendal, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Mierkenis_A, SE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Saltillo, MX	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Alfoten II, NO	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Vigra, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Grizzly Peak, US	monthly high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Trondheim - Voll, NO	monthly high max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Columbus, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Sandane, NO	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Beaver Is, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Bremerton, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Meridian Key Fld, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	129 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2020	Falun, SE	daily high max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	108 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

1794 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 645 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	544
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1