Weather Records on 26 January 2020

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 2020. Highest significance: Camooweal Township, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 2020

On 26 January 2020, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 458 daily.
Camooweal Township set a daily record precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 26 January 2020.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 26 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Skagway	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hami	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.5 cm (19.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Community Postal Agen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Ulinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curico	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nagoya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haines 40NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adin Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jeju	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Carlos Ciriani Santa	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 226, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 26 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	226
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 26 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 2020

Top 20 records on 26 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 2020	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 January 2020	Warrnambool Downs, AU	all-time rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2020	Skagway, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 2020	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Hami, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Dinghai, CN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Mina, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	124 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Surbiton Station, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Miyakejima, JP	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Downieville, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Pulaski, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	48.5 cm (19.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Galveston Scholes Fld, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Jeogla Station, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Jackson Community Postal Agen, AU	daily rain	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Garah (Ulinga), AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 2020	Antigo, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	69 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

1795 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 466 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 2020-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	340
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2