Weather Records on 22 January 1979

897 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1979. Highest significance: Birregurra (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1979

On 22 January 1979, 897 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 849 daily.
Birregurra (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 39.8 mm (1.6 in) on 22 January 1979.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

897 stations

897 station records on 22 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Loreto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Entrance (Eloora Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

897 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 367.

Records on 22 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	367

Records on 22 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 32, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1979

Top 20 records on 22 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1979	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1979	Morrison, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1979	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1979	Richland, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Merriman, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Natashquan A, CA	daily snowfall	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	22.2 cm (8.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Clark, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Clinton #1, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	N Stratford, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Channahon Dresden Isl Dam, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Utica Starved Rock Dam, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1979	Ultima (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	50 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 897 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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	599
100 to 200	98
200 to 300	31
300 to 400	14
400 to 500	7
500 to 600	3