Weather Records on 22 January 2020

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2020. Highest significance: Huesca, ES.

Key Facts for 22 January 2020

On 22 January 2020, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 503 daily.
Huesca set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 22 January 2020.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 22 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lleida	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arches Np Hqs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sanglok	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Rch HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford (Ovens Research Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utklippan	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Utklippan	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matlock 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lanzarote/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wonsan	Korea, North	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva (Ronda del Este)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sundsvalls Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yushu	China	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elizabeth Intl	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi Mahdi	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sikasso	Mali	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 22 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 22 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 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

22 January 2020

Top 20 records on 22 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2020	Huesca, ES	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Lleida, ES	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Barnard, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Bremerton, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Gothenburg, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Spencer Meadow, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Hastings, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Craibstone, GB	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Bison, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2020	Belvedere, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Ionia, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Dulce, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Arches Np Hqs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Lang Lang, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Huelva, ES	daily low max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Sanglok, TJ	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2020	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	64 years	33 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 510 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	386
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1