Weather Records on 19 January 1999

1,081 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1999. Highest significance: Canton 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1999

On 19 January 1999, 1,081 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
638 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 1,066 daily.
Canton 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 19 January 1999.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,081 stations

1,081 station records on 19 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Heiberg Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Palmira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troutdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joacaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cienega de Escobar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Prieta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Knoll W C	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,081 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 351, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 19 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	351
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 19 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 1,066.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

848 broken records

Margins by which the 848 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1999

Top 20 records on 19 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1999	Canton 4 SE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1999	Addison, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1999	New London Lock #22, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Cabin Creek, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Grafton, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Princeville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Lawrence, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Lyons Falls, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Newark, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Ojai, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Norfolk, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Moab, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Lowville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Tully Heiberg Forest, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Kalumburu Mission, AU	daily low min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1999	Nova Palmira, BR	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	43 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1999. 1999 had 1,081 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 20	803
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2