Weather Records on 21 January 1959

936 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1959. Highest significance: Moores Hill, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1959

On 21 January 1959, 936 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 866 daily.
Moores Hill set an all-time record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 21 January 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

936 stations

936 station records on 21 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.7 mm (6.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhargram	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

936 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 509, Heaviest daily snowfall 156, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 21 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	509
Heaviest daily snowfall	156
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 21 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 66, daily 866.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1959

Top 20 records on 21 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1959	Moores Hill, US	all-time rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	79 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Warren 3 S, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Borsat, IN	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Chimur, IN	monthly rain	174.7 mm (6.9 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Mt Vernon, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Canfield 1 S, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Urbana Wrf, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Marion 2 N, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Wooster 2 SE, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1959	Itapipoca, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Rantoul, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Kenton, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Mexico, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Xenia 6 SSE, US	all-time rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Port Dover, CA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Monticello, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1959	Chapleau 2, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	51 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 936 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	734
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1