Weather Records on 25 January 1959

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1959. Highest significance: Hamilton, AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1959

On 25 January 1959, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 387 daily.
Hamilton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 25 January 1959.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 25 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa Fine View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Droogefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 25 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 25 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1959

Top 20 records on 25 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1959	Hamilton, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1959	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Auraiya, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	all-time snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Loerie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Dras, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Pretoria-Burgerspark, ZA	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry, ZA	daily rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Mologa Fine View, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Niagara Falls, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Mimosa Park, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Punta Gorda, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	all-time low min	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1959	Irene, ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	35 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 399 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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	320
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1