Weather Records on 24 January 1919

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1919. Highest significance: Pointe Au Pere, CA.

Key Facts for 24 January 1919

On 24 January 1919, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 54 daily.
Pointe Au Pere set a daily record snowfall of 34.0 cm (13.4 in) on 24 January 1919.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 24 January 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woolerina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.0 C (-54.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 January 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 January 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 213.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1919

Top 20 records on 24 January 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1919	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1919	Portland, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1919	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1919	Quebec, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1919	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Leominster, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Bic, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Point Amour, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Point Amour, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1919	Concord, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	17 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

1796 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1919. 1919 had 55 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 1919-01-24: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	41
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2