Weather Records on 24 January 1939

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1939. Highest significance: Jondaryan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1939

On 24 January 1939, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 193 daily.
Jondaryan Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 24 January 1939.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 24 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jondarayan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooeearup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1939

Top 20 records on 24 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1939	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Harvey Post Office, AU	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Palermo, IT	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	140 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Jondarayan Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1939	Casey, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Putbus, DE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Hana 354, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1939	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	41 years	23 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 198 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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	126
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2