Weather Records on 14 January 1939

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1939. Highest significance: Lawlers, AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 1939

On 14 January 1939, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 193 daily.
Lawlers set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 14 January 1939.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 14 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawlers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	116.0 cm (45.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1939

Top 20 records on 14 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1939	Lawlers, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Leonora, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Malcolm, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Minara, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Bathurst Gaol, AU	all-time high min	28.1 C (82.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Sturt Meadows, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Laverton, AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1939	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Kookynie, AU	all-time rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Dunvegan, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1939	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	29 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 198 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1939-01-14: 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 2026-10-17 (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	144
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1