Weather Records on 19 January 1926

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1926. Highest significance: Highmore, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1926

On 19 January 1926, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 185 daily.
Highmore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 19 January 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

190 stations

190 station records on 19 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 19 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 19 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1926

Top 20 records on 19 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1926	Highmore, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Highmore, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1926	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Farmington, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Keene, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Gardiner, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1926	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	59 years	25 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 190 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 20	128
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	3