Weather Records on 4 January 2020

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2020. Highest significance: Koslan, RU.

Key Facts for 4 January 2020

On 4 January 2020, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 454 daily.
Koslan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 4 January 2020.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 4 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koslan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.4 C (117.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta North (Masons Drive	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corrigin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 28, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 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

4 January 2020

Top 20 records on 4 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2020	Koslan, RU	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2020	Louisburg, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	113 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2020	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Carlindie, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Emblem, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Batesburg, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Crescent City, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Bend, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Milford 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Quicksand, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Republic, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Ceduna AMO, AU	monthly low max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Stevensville 2SW, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Edenton, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Wilbur, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Talkeetna AP, US	daily low max	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Rabbit Flat, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2020	Kyancutta, AU	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	38 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 497 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	367
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1