Weather Records on 19 January 1992

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1992. Highest significance: Covington, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1992

On 19 January 1992, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 722 daily.
Covington set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 19 January 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 19 January 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covington	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tok	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Altinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hee Mtn Twr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eleuterio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorgas 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sylacauga 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ackerman	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boca del Cerro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balancan de Dominguez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 87.

Records on 19 January 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	87

Records on 19 January 1992 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 23, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1992

Top 20 records on 19 January 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1992	Covington, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1992	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1992	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1992	Eupora 2 E, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1992	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Gustavus, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Monticello, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Tok, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Altinopolis, BR	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Isla Aguada, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Canton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	W Pt, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	San Pedro, MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Jonesboro, US	all-time snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Desterro Do Melo, BR	daily rain	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Kingstree, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1992	Calhoun City, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	76 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1992. 1992 had 757 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 50	553
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3