Weather Records on 3 January 1939

498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1939. Highest significance: Bjuroklubb, SE.

Key Facts for 3 January 1939

On 3 January 1939, 498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 493 daily.
Bjuroklubb set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.3 mm (1.0 in) on 3 January 1939.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

498 stations

498 station records on 3 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

498 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 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

3 January 1939

Top 20 records on 3 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1939	Bjuroklubb, SE	monthly rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1939	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1939	Hay River, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Onaway 12 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Crow Agency, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Harrisville, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Jacksonville, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Ozark, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Greenville, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Sparta 1 W, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Marble Hill, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Hermidale Tank, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1939	Fayetteville, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 years	21 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

1794 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 498 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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	388
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1