Weather Records on 10 January 1939

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1939. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 10 January 1939

On 10 January 1939, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
681 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 752 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 45.9 C (114.6 F) on 10 January 1939.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 10 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.7 C (112.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.3 C (115.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 384, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 297, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 10 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	384
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	297
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 10 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 8, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1939

Top 20 records on 10 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1939	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	all-time high max	45.9 C (114.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1939	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	all-time high max	44.7 C (112.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1939	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	all-time high min	33.2 C (91.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1939	Toronto, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Port Lincoln, AU	all-time high max	45.6 C (114.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Toronto, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Portland, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Rajathgarh, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Marlinton, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	39.7 C (103.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	39.8 C (103.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Stratford, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1939	Toledo Blade, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	26 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

1799 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1939. 1939 had 766 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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 50	603
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1