Weather Records on 20 January 2020

498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2020. Highest significance: Mierkenis_A, SE.

Key Facts for 20 January 2020

On 20 January 2020, 498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 488 daily.
Mierkenis_A set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 20 January 2020.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

498 stations

498 station records on 20 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Kapan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grunnfjord - Stakken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmore State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Berrima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baingoin	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagqu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Girona/Costa Brava	Spain	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Aerodrome	India	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Harbor Ft Wilkins	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torshavn	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes River (Birdwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah (Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaernes	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norderon	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tete	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aldgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toluca (Obs)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kajaani Lentoasema-1	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asele	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arvidsjaur_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuressaare	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lycksele_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

498 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 20 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 20 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

440 broken records

Margins by which the 440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2020

Top 20 records on 20 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2020	Mierkenis_A, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2020	Kapan, AM	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2020	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2020	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2020	Grunnfjord - Stakken, NO	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Dunmore State Forest, AU	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Victor Harbor (Berrima), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Baingoin, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Nagqu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Indus 3 W, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Girona/Costa Brava, ES	daily rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Parnu, EE	daily high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	137 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Kota Aerodrome, IN	all-time low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Leirfjord, NO	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Copper Harbor Ft Wilkins, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2020	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 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 498 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	405
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2