Weather Records on 25 January 1939

189 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1939. Highest significance: Cape Borda Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1939

On 25 January 1939, 189 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 182 daily.
Cape Borda Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 25 January 1939.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

189 stations

189 station records on 25 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
William Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

189 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 182.

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 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1939

Top 20 records on 25 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1939	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1939	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Rpf 126 Mile, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Lowestoft, GB	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Byrock Post Office, AU	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Malvern, GB	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Penneshaw 2, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Woomera (Purple Downs), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Girilambone (Booroomugga), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1939	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Rolleston, AU	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Cambridge Niab, GB	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Simferopol, UA	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Blinman, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Gindie State Farm, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1939	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 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

1795 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1939. 1939 had 189 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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	148
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1