Weather Records on 28 January 2020

548 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 2020. Highest significance: Kalamia Estate, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 2020

On 28 January 2020, 548 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 530 daily.
Kalamia Estate set a daily record precipitation of 218.0 mm (8.6 in) on 28 January 2020.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

548 stations

548 station records on 28 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	327.8 mm (12.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	426.2 mm (16.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.0 mm (10.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.5 C (115.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tateyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfield Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Valley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wajima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soria	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

548 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 28 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 28 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 2020

Top 20 records on 28 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 2020	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2020	Belmont, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	94 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2020	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	all-time rain	327.8 mm (12.9 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2020	Liberal, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2020	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Liberal, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Sugar City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Meade, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Home Hill Post Office, AU	all-time rain	426.2 mm (16.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	258.0 mm (10.2 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Mito, JP	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Owase, JP	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Cotswold Hills, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2020	Chichibu, JP	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	44 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 548 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	437
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1