Weather Records on 7 January 1919

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1919. Highest significance: Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR.

Key Facts for 7 January 1919

On 7 January 1919, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 142 daily.
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp set a daily record precipitation of 49.6 mm (2.0 in) on 7 January 1919.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 7 January 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Poodra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsons Mount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 January 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 January 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1919

Top 20 records on 7 January 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1919	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1919	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Bologna, IT	daily high min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Fort Chipewyan, CA	monthly high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Cowell, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Miltalie (Poodra), AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Sturt, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Callington, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1919	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	20 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

1826 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1919. 1919 had 145 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	137
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1