Weather Records on 22 January 1999

1,709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1999. Highest significance: Holbrook (Rsl), AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1999

On 22 January 1999, 1,709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,004 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,598 daily.
Holbrook (Rsl) set a daily record precipitation of 65.6 mm (2.6 in) on 22 January 1999.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,709 stations

1,709 station records on 22 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ouray	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eastwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Oratava A	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Shell Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Marie (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	1,570.0 mm (61.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelahatchie	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Church Buttes Gas Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,709 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 537, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 467, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 506, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 22 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	537
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	467
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	506
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 22 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 107, daily 1,598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,357 broken records

Margins by which the 1,357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1068.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1999

Top 20 records on 22 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1999	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Casey, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Anna 4 N, US	all-time rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Kenton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Cold Bay AP, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	La Belle, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Ouray, US	daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Dailey 1 SE, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1999	Portland, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Nome AP, US	monthly snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Black Rock, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Whitestown, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Burnsville Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Eastwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Palestine, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1999	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	54 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,709 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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Data for records on 1999-01-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,354
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1