Weather Records on 13 January 1939

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1939. Highest significance: Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1939

On 13 January 1939, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 337 daily.
Kalgoorlie Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 13 January 1939.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 13 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lawlers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nannine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morgans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 13 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 13 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 13, daily 337.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1939

Top 20 records on 13 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1939	Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU	all-time rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1939	Lawlers, AU	all-time rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1939	Daveyhurst Mulwarrie, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1939	Sandstone, AU	all-time rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1939	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Mount Sir Samuel, AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Biscuit Flat (Woolmit), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Belele, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	23.1 C (73.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Sturt Meadows, AU	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Kookynie, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Menzies, AU	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Malcolm, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Leonora, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1939	Nhill, AU	all-time high max	45.9 C (114.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 357 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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Data for records on 1939-01-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	304
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1