Weather Records on 23 January 2026

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2026. Highest significance: Rutland Plains Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 2026

On 23 January 2026, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 417 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 531 daily.
Rutland Plains Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 350.0 mm (13.8 in) on 23 January 2026.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 23 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rutland Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mc Neal	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washita	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Huron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Billingsa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bredette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Preston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopper	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 8 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esterbrook Wyoming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2026

Top 20 records on 23 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2026	Rutland Plains Station, AU	all-time rain	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2026	Mc Neal, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Rock Is L&D 15, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	152 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Anaconda, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Hopper, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Washita, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Wabash, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	New England, US	daily low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Bottineau, US	daily low max	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Bowman, US	daily low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Barrow AP, US	daily high max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Mountainair, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Dodge City, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	St Paul Dwtn AP, US	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Sioux Falls, US	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Barrow AP, US	daily high min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	Shemya USAF Base, US	daily high max	6.4 C (43.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2026	New Boston Dam 17, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	34 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 535 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2026-01-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	465
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1