Weather Records on 24 January 2022

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 2022. Highest significance: Cowell, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 2022

On 24 January 2022, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 421 daily.
Cowell set an all-time record daily precipitation of 107.8 mm (4.2 in) on 24 January 2022.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 24 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	361.9 mm (14.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Minlaton (Eversley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob (Gilles Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Vitana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millegan 14 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrick 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Berrima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samsun	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ammaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneota	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fruholmen Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred 7 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Lomitas	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usak	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 24 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 24 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 9, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 262.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 2022

Top 20 records on 24 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 2022	Cowell, AU	all-time rain	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 January 2022	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	125 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 January 2022	Murdinga (Mungala), AU	all-time rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Port Vincent, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Maitland, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Moonta, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Agartala, IN	monthly rain	361.9 mm (14.2 in)	262.8 mm (10.3 in)	18 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Minlaton (Eversley), AU	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 2022	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	125 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Waddikee, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Iron Knob (Gilles Downs), AU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Ardrossan (Vitana), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Millegan 14 SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 2022	Warrick 2 NW, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	46 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

1796 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 434 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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	347
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1