Weather Records on 4 January 1959

1,124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1959. Highest significance: Cundletown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1959

On 4 January 1959, 1,124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 899 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,083 daily.
Cundletown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 170.7 mm (6.7 in) on 4 January 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,124 stations

1,124 station records on 4 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baynesfield Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,124 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 473, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 426, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 4 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	473
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	426
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 4 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 21, daily 1,083.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 333.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1959

Top 20 records on 4 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1959	Cundletown Post Office, AU	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	181.3 mm (7.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Elands Post Office, AU	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Baynesfield Estate, ZA	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Holly, US	all-time low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Boise City 2 E, US	all-time low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Plainview, US	all-time low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Hooker, US	all-time low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Notre Dame du Laus, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Buffalo, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1959	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	37 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 1,124 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 50	870
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1