Weather Records on 1 January 1939

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1939. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 1 January 1939

On 1 January 1939, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 415 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 1 January 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 1 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 213, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 1 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	213
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 1 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1939

Top 20 records on 1 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1939	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Cata (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Bremerton, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1939	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Port Orford 2, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1939	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	28 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

1798 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 425 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 25	344
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1