Weather Records on 26 January 1959

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1959. Highest significance: Tyrrell Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1959

On 26 January 1959, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 483 daily.
Tyrrell Downs set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 26 January 1959.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 26 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Towan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tin Tin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitiamo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Srwsc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.7 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 26 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 26 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1959

Top 20 records on 26 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1959	Tyrrell Downs, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1959	Nyah (Yarraby Tank), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1959	Walpeup, AU	all-time rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Boa Viagem, BR	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Towan, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Balranald (Tillara), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Manangatang (Eureka East), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Cobar (Taringo Downs), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Tin Tin, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Oxley (Walmer Downs), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1959	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 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 495 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1959-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	408
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1