Weather Records on 19 January 1966

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1966. Highest significance: Old Halls Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 1966

On 19 January 1966, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 569 daily.
Old Halls Creek set a daily record precipitation of 168.7 mm (6.6 in) on 19 January 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 19 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pogibi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron "Smoordrif"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crowe's Place,Seven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Friona	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 19 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 19 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1966

Top 20 records on 19 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1966	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1966	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1966	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1966	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Chattanooga, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Laguna, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Alice Downs, AU	monthly rain	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Eston, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Pogibi, RU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Glen Eland, ZA	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Campbell (Mun), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	Johnson 11 ESE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1966	San Jon, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	44 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1966. 1966 had 583 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 100	486
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1