Weather Records on 17 January 2020

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2020. Highest significance: Jandowae Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 January 2020

On 17 January 2020, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 803 daily.
Jandowae Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 95.6 mm (3.8 in) on 17 January 2020.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 17 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bungaban Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bawnduggie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nagqu	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thornleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton South (South Grafton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 17 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 17 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2020

Top 20 records on 17 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2020	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Perryton, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Milford 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Palen Creek Correctional, AU	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Lauriedale, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Putnam, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2020	Bungaban Tm, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Bawnduggie, AU	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Granite Falls, US	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	114 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Nagqu, CN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Portola, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Seymour 3NW, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Mt Hamilton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2020	Sioux Rapids, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	74 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 828 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	668
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1