Weather Records on 2 January 1959

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1959. Highest significance: Kandanga Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1959

On 2 January 1959, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 386 daily.
Kandanga Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 131.3 mm (5.2 in) on 2 January 1959.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 2 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mamakuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 2 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 2 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1959

Top 20 records on 2 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1959	Kandanga Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Hedal I Valdres, NO	monthly rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Ft Robinson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Rjukan, NO	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1959	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Plant City, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Milroy, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Piaxtla, MX	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Boonara, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Mt Stanley Forestry, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Albany, AU	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Woodland, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1959	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	31 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

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 391 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 20	268
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	7
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1