Weather Records on 20 January 2024

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2024. Highest significance: Erzurum, TR.

Key Facts for 20 January 2024

On 20 January 2024, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 830 daily.
Erzurum set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 20 January 2024.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 20 January 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erzurum	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wave Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albro Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juanita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalo	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dimitrovgrad	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bawnduggie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norderon	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conakry (Aero)	Guinea	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-44.0 C (-47.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caceres	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 20 January 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 20 January 2024 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 830.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

696 broken records

Margins by which the 696 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 2024

Top 20 records on 20 January 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2024	Erzurum, TR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Knoxville Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Wave Hill, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Allerton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Albro Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Red Oak, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Gresham 3W, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Tennant Creek Airport, AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Guadalajara, ES	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Aledo, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Tullahoma, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Cuba City, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Juanita, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Farley Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2024	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	77 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

1795 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 841 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	636
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1