Weather Records on 12 January 1959

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1959. Highest significance: Kleve, DE.

Key Facts for 12 January 1959

On 12 January 1959, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 541 daily.
Kleve set an all-time record snow depth of 25.0 cm (9.8 in) on 12 January 1959.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 12 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunham River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mehama	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cummings	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 12 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 12 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1959

Top 20 records on 12 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1959	Kleve, DE	all-time snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Prosser, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Mansfield, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Waterloo, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Vastrap, ZA	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Dunham River Station, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Anderleigh, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Wilbur, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Wasco, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Mount Coolon Hotel, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1959	Wowan Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	36 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

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 568 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 25	414
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1