Weather Records on 17 January 1919

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1919. Highest significance: Karumba Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 17 January 1919

On 17 January 1919, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 44 daily.
Karumba Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 17 January 1919.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 17 January 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 17 January 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 January 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

33 broken records

Margins by which the 33 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1919

Top 20 records on 17 January 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1919	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1919	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Camden 1, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	26 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	29 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1 year	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Astoria, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1919	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily low min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	17 years	11 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1919. 1919 had 45 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	30
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1