Weather Records on 23 January 2022

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2022. Highest significance: Melrose (Para Gums), AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 2022

On 23 January 2022, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 667 daily.
Melrose (Para Gums) set a daily record precipitation of 77.8 mm (3.1 in) on 23 January 2022.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

685 stations

685 station records on 23 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Clinton (Kaddyinna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muloorina Station (Muloorina H	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Vitana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polonia	Indonesia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parachilna (Nilpena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
American River (Redbanks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leigh Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glendambo (Millers Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andamooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena (Martins Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Banyula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Slaty Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tickera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

600 broken records

Margins by which the 600 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2022

Top 20 records on 23 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2022	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	129 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 January 2022	Port Clinton (Yararoo), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	129 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 January 2022	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 January 2022	Siam, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	114 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Port Clinton (Kaddyinna), AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Blinman, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	129 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Melrose, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	137 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2022	Cleve (Pineview), AU	all-time rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Woomera Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	129 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Blinman (Angorichina), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Beltana Roadhouse, AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	129 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Bjorkasen, NO	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2022	Craig, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	52 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 685 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	541
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1