Weather Records on 24 January 2020

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 2020. Highest significance: Malaga Aeropuerto, ES.

Key Facts for 24 January 2020

On 24 January 2020, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
488 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 770 daily.
Malaga Aeropuerto set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 24 January 2020.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 24 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Franklin 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boise 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rota	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wyseby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Unity Village	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pykes Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karasuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freedom	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 24 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 24 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 2020

Top 20 records on 24 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 2020	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Zhijiang, CN	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Carrollton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	116 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Coloma, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Moberly, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Trenton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	121 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	124 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Centerville, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	New Franklin 1W, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Mc Farland, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Amity 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Shelbina, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	123 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2020	Nanchang, CN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	41 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

1796 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2020. 2020 had 789 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 25	625
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3