Weather Records on 17 January 1959

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1959. Highest significance: Orai, IN.

Key Facts for 17 January 1959

On 17 January 1959, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 418 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 748 daily.
Orai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 17 January 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 17 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.7 C (114.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 239, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 17 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	239
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 17 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 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

17 January 1959

Top 20 records on 17 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1959	Orai, IN	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1959	Odesa, UA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Henichesk, UA	monthly rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Kipahulu 258, US	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	all-time low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Barwasagar, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1959	Kalpi, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1959	Ft Pierce, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1959	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1959	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1959	Sumter, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1959	Loa, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	62 years	33 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 760 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	569
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2