Weather Records on 19 January 1956

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1956. Highest significance: Sikeston, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1956

On 19 January 1956, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 422 daily.
Sikeston set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 19 January 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 19 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sikeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vieta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 118, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 19 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	118
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 19 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 30, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1956

Top 20 records on 19 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1956	Sikeston, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1956	Huntingburg AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1956	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Grapevale, ZA	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Paoli, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Caniambo, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Rosedale, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Landsborough Downs, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Iguala (Smn), MX	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Greenville 6 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Henryville Sf, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Shoals 8 S, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Sikeston, US	all-time snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Golconda River, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1956	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	0 years	46 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 457 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	370
100 to 200	27
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1