Weather Records on 25 January 1979

1,356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1979. Highest significance: Walnut, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1979

On 25 January 1979, 1,356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 44 were all-time records, 115 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Walnut set a daily record snow depth of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 25 January 1979.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,356 stations

1,356 station records on 25 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
King Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 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)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morris Plains 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,356 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 481, Heaviest daily snowfall 144, Deepest snow cover 412.

Records on 25 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	481
Heaviest daily snowfall	144
Deepest snow cover	412

Records on 25 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 44, monthly 115, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,119 broken records

Margins by which the 1,119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 991.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1979

Top 20 records on 25 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1979	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Bolivar, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Allegany Sp, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1979	Palmares, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Elmira, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Mansfield, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Windham 3 E, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Noupoort, ZA	monthly rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 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)
25 January 1979	Schwerin, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Green Bay, US	all-time snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Tomatlan, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1979	Storrs, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 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 1,356 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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 200	1,060
200 to 400	43
400 to 600	12
600 to 800	3
800 to 1000	1