Weather Records on 24 January 1999

1,745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1999. Highest significance: Dillon, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1999

On 24 January 1999, 1,745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
771 were record highs and 275 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 1,658 daily.
Dillon set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 24 January 1999.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,745 stations

1,745 station records on 24 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.5 mm (9.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Foxground Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.8 mm (9.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toolijooa (Nyora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.2 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nadgee Fauna Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnell (Caltex Oil Refinery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
High Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
William O Huske L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Dale 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,745 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 395, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 376, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 618, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 24 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	395
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	376
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	618
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 24 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 83, daily 1,658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,462 broken records

Margins by which the 1,462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1999

Top 20 records on 24 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1999	Dillon, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Lahontan Dam, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Darlington, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	monthly rain	250.5 mm (9.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Kingstree, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Bakersfield AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1999	Wytheville, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Mina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Lewiston, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Glen Lyn, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Berowra (Goodwyn Road), AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Foxground Road, AU	monthly rain	231.8 mm (9.1 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Folkston 9 SW, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Georgetown 2 E, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Tanana AP, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1999	Bedford, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	99 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

1796 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1999. 1999 had 1,745 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-01-24: 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 20	1,318
20 to 40	97
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2