Weather Records on 17 January 1939

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1939. Highest significance: Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR.

Key Facts for 17 January 1939

On 17 January 1939, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 367 daily.
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de set a daily record precipitation of 26.1 mm (1.0 in) on 17 January 1939.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 17 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boxdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Yakilo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1939

Top 20 records on 17 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1939	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1939	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	142 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1939	Uccle, BE	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1939	Uccle, BE	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1939	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1939	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Boxdale, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1939	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	48 years	25 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

1795 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1939. 1939 had 375 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	299
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1