Weather Records on 20 January 2026

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2026. Highest significance: Teriberka, RU.

Key Facts for 20 January 2026

On 20 January 2026, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 191 daily.
Teriberka set a daily record high minimum temperature of 1.3 C (34.3 F) on 20 January 2026.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 20 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sigonella	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xuzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
XI Ujimqin Qi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Siping	China	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record low maximum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arxan	China	Record low maximum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yanzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guanghua	China	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yichang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aputiteeq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harbin	China	Record low maximum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shenyang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benxi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgan	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tongliao	China	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chengde	China	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Underkhaan	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.9 C (-27.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandalgobi	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk East (Milingimbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dongtai	China	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baruun-Urt	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bude	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millegan 14 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bayandelger	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bayan-Ovoo	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Palma de Mallorca Cmt	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2026

Top 20 records on 20 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2026	Teriberka, RU	daily high min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Lewiston, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Sigonella, IT	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Xuzhou, CN	daily low max	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2026	Bengbu, CN	daily low max	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	XI Ujimqin Qi, CN	daily low max	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Siping, CN	daily low max	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Chunggang, KP	daily low max	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Borinquen AP, PR	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Roosevelt Roads, PR	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Arxan, CN	daily low max	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Bel'cy, MD	daily low max	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Mineral, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Yanzhou, CN	daily low max	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Guanghua, CN	daily low max	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	70 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 2026	Yichang, CN	daily low max	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	70 years	28 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 193 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	148
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2