Weather Records on 22 January 2026

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2026. Highest significance: Llewellyn (South Esk River), AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 2026

On 22 January 2026, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 228 daily.
Llewellyn (South Esk River) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 110.4 mm (4.3 in) on 22 January 2026.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 22 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Llewellyn (South Esk River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Wanstead Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (the Boulevards)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baisun	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Xuzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surigao	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitesville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puttalam	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sasse Ridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tottori	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cannonball Creek Montana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alder Ridge Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fukui	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Bajtal	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahristanskij Perev	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jangier	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesburg 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Xuzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streeter 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Macquarie Island	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser River Idaho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Badger Peak Montana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Elizabeth R)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Daneborg	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Siedlce	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dupuyer Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

189 broken records

Margins by which the 189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 2026

Top 20 records on 22 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2026	Llewellyn (South Esk River), AU	all-time rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2026	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	126 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Campbell Town (Wanstead Park), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Abbeville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Ross (the Boulevards), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Baisun, UZ	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Canandaigua 3 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Pirlangimpi, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Lewiston, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	0.2 cm (0.1 in)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Lake Geneva Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	St Paul Dwtn AP, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2026	Albany, AU	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Coles Bay (Freycinet), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Schmucke, DE	daily high max	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Xuzhou, CN	daily low max	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Chunggang, KP	daily low max	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Bangalore, IN	daily low max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Surigao, PH	daily high min	26.2 C (79.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2026	Whitesville 1N, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	66 years	27 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 230 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,484
2026	230

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	175
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1