Weather Records on 19 January 1946

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1946. Highest significance: Goulburn, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 1946

On 19 January 1946, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 817 daily.
Goulburn set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 19 January 1946.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 19 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 762, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 19 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	762
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 19 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

803 broken records

Margins by which the 803 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

19 January 1946

Top 20 records on 19 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1946	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1946	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Frances, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Terowie (Curtforth), AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Walma, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Great Western (Seppelt), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Narraport, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Hebron, ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Frogmore, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1946	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 850 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	594
20 to 40	161
40 to 60	37
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1