Weather Records on 19 January 1921

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1921. Highest significance: Bungendore Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 1921

On 19 January 1921, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 51 daily.
Bungendore Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 19 January 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 19 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1921

Top 20 records on 19 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1921	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Currandooley, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Concordia ASOS, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Yalta, UA	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Franklin, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Lexington, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	22 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1921	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	25 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

1796 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 53 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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 5	32
5 to 10	4
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1