Weather Records on 19 January 1976

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1976. Highest significance: Makwassie, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 January 1976

On 19 January 1976, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 504 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 817 daily.
Makwassie set a daily record precipitation of 104.0 mm (4.1 in) on 19 January 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 19 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agterkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	144.0 cm (56.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Five Finger Lt STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 303, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 19 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	303
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 19 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 680.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1976

Top 20 records on 19 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1976	Makwassie, ZA	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Grootfontein, ZA	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Agterkop, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Summit WSO AP, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Susendal, NO	daily snow depth	144.0 cm (56.7 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Skjomen, NO	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Barisaho, GE	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Annex Creek, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1976	Didcot, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	64 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 846 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	650
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	2