Weather Records on 2 January 1999

1,607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1999. Highest significance: Mt Clemens Ang Base, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1999

On 2 January 1999, 1,607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 251 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,525 daily.
Mt Clemens Ang Base set a monthly record daily snowfall of 37.3 cm (14.7 in) on 2 January 1999.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,607 stations

1,607 station records on 2 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.3 cm (14.7 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mundurin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,607 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 529, Heaviest daily snowfall 456, Deepest snow cover 133.

Records on 2 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	529
Heaviest daily snowfall	456
Deepest snow cover	133

Records on 2 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 60, daily 1,525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,323 broken records

Margins by which the 1,323 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

2 January 1999

Top 20 records on 2 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	monthly snowfall	37.3 cm (14.7 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 January 1999	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 January 1999	Amity, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	101 years	78 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	95 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Charleston, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Greenfield, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Steffenville, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	95 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Mundurin Station, AU	all-time rain	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Clinton #1, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Port Washington, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Columbus Junction, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Dalton, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	17.6 cm (6.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1999	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)

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

1794 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 1,607 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	1,189
100 to 200	112
200 to 300	18
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1