Weather Records on 28 January 1939

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1939. Highest significance: Tangi, IN.

Key Facts for 28 January 1939

On 28 January 1939, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 244 daily.
Tangi set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 28 January 1939.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 28 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jondarayan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1939

Top 20 records on 28 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1939	Tangi, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Yalta, UA	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1939	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Orion, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1939	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 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

1796 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 247 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	169
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1