Weather Records on 2 January 1919

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1919. Highest significance: Moreton Telegraph Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1919

On 2 January 1919, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 47 daily.
Moreton Telegraph Station set a daily record precipitation of 133.1 mm (5.2 in) on 2 January 1919.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 2 January 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tinapagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 January 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 January 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1919

Top 20 records on 2 January 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1919	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1919	Glenville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1919	Athens, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1919	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Houston Wb City, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Asheville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Tinapagee, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Charlottetown, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Falmouth, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Washington, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Simferopol, UA	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1919	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	14 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

1794 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 49 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	35
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1