Weather Records on 22 January 1993

1,700 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1993. Highest significance: Arnsberg, DE.

Key Facts for 22 January 1993

On 22 January 1993, 1,700 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
961 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,631 daily.
Arnsberg set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 22 January 1993.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,700 stations

1,700 station records on 22 January 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Claflin	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Staplehurst	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro Do Suacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moxee City 10 E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,700 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 451, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 510, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 433, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 164.

Records on 22 January 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	451
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	510
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	433
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	164

Records on 22 January 1993 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 66, daily 1,631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,463 broken records

Margins by which the 1,463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1993

Top 20 records on 22 January 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1993	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1993	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1993	Woodruff, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1993	Challis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1993	Claflin, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1993	Orleans 2 W, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Hill City 1 W, US	daily snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Western 2W, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Hill City 1 W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Brownsville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Bickleton, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Sisters, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Bamberg, DE	monthly high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Roermond, NL	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Lava Beds Nat Mon, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Stevensville, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1993	Staplehurst, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	50 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 1,700 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	1,485
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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	1,438
200 to 400	21
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1