Weather Records on 13 January 2020

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 2020. Highest significance: Canton 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 2020

On 13 January 2020, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 577 daily.
Canton 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 13 January 2020.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 13 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bilma	Niger	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boundary Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Picabo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 13 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 13 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 2020

Top 20 records on 13 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 2020	Canton 4 SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	123 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2020	Colville, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2020	Bilma, NE	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2020	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2020	Newberry, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Boundary Dam, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Middleboro, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	113 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Newport, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Picabo, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Colville, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Darlington, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Bloomfield, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Chewelah, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Northport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2020	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	125 years	43 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 611 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	426
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1