Weather Records on 19 January 1961

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1961. Highest significance: Ironwood, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1961

On 19 January 1961, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 356 daily.
Ironwood set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 19 January 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 19 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pocinhos (Joffily)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 19 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 19 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1961

Top 20 records on 19 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1961	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Patu, BR	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Pocinhos (Joffily), BR	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Itabatinga, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Sao Miguel, BR	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Mulungu (Camarazal), BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Aleppo, AU	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Boa Viagem, BR	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Cromleigh,Ixopo, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Watseka Public Works, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Angicos, BR	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Inga, BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Quebrangulo, BR	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Freeland, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1961	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	15 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

1796 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 373 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	251
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	2