Weather Records on 19 January 1939

221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1939. Highest significance: Fort Simpson, CA.

Key Facts for 19 January 1939

On 19 January 1939, 221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 213 daily.
Fort Simpson set a daily record snowfall of 15.7 cm (6.2 in) on 19 January 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

221 stations

221 station records on 19 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Furracabad (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denninup Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

221 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 19 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 19 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1939

Top 20 records on 19 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1939	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Amelup, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Moana, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1939	Macalister Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	King River, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Albany, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Perth Regional Office, AU	monthly low max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Furracabad (Avondale), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Uman, UA	daily high max	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1939	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	22 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

1796 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 221 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	170
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1