Weather Records on 20 January 2022

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2022. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 20 January 2022

On 20 January 2022, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 342 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 20 January 2022.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 20 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahwood	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orientos Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glennallen Kcam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petrovskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dallesport AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bailing-Miao	China	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Posadas	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Plains (Croye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yanchi	China	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tojma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulaan-Gom	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Erzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Junction Kimble Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton-Sherman AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baitag	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Funchal/S.Catarina	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Underwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 20 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 20 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 1, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2022

Top 20 records on 20 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2022	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2022	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Boothulla, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Hayfield, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Kalkaska, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Glenorie, AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Kokatha, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Kountze, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Mt Sterling, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2022	Jarrahwood, AU	all-time high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2022	Maud, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2022	Grantsville 1ESE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2022	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2022	Orientos Station, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2022	Meldrum (Coolawarrah), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 346 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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	266
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1