Weather Records on 21 January 1999

1,387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1999. Highest significance: Powers Lake 1N, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1999

On 21 January 1999, 1,387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,008 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,354 daily.
Powers Lake 1N set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 21 January 1999.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,387 stations

1,387 station records on 21 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Creek 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,387 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 540, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 468, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 21 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	540
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	468
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 21 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 1,354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,077 broken records

Margins by which the 1,077 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1999

Top 20 records on 21 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1999	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1999	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Kalumburu Mission, AU	daily low min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Williston Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Princeville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Placerville 3SE, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Zanesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	all-time rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Rico, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Sage 4 NNW, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Raoul Isl/Kermadec, NZ	daily high max	29.5 C (85.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1999	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	16 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

1793 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 1,387 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,037
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1