Weather Records on 23 January 1979

1,109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1979. Highest significance: Nambour Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1979

On 23 January 1979, 1,109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,032 daily.
Nambour Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 253.0 mm (10.0 in) on 23 January 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,109 stations

1,109 station records on 23 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 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	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	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)
Morris River	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 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	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gouvea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,109 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 195, Deepest snow cover 388.

Records on 23 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	195
Deepest snow cover	388

Records on 23 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 46, daily 1,032.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

934 broken records

Margins by which the 934 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1979

Top 20 records on 23 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1979	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 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)
23 January 1979	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1979	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 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)
23 January 1979	Merriman, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Canby, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Muscatine, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	El Salto (Smn), MX	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Clinton #1, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Channahon Dresden Isl Dam, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 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)
23 January 1979	Richland, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 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)
23 January 1979	Moreton Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Le Claire L&D 14, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1979	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	7 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 1,109 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	783
100 to 200	101
200 to 300	32
300 to 400	10
400 to 500	5
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1