Weather Records on 25 January 1999

1,457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1999. Highest significance: Delano, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1999

On 25 January 1999, 1,457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
741 were record highs and 340 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,370 daily.
Delano set an all-time record daily snowfall of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) on 25 January 1999.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,457 stations

1,457 station records on 25 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delano	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byllesby 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-52.4 C (-62.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delano	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harveyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,457 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 416, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 325, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 25 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	416
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	325
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 25 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 71, daily 1,370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,222 broken records

Margins by which the 1,222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1999

Top 20 records on 25 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1999	Delano, US	all-time snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1999	Lindsay, US	all-time snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Ibapah, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Buttonwillow, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Wasco, US	all-time snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Byllesby 1 S, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Wasco, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Raoul Isl/Kermadec, NZ	daily high max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Williamston 3NE, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Dyer 5S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Durham, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Blanding, US	monthly high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Vajda-Guba, RU	all-time low max	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Narjan Mar, RU	all-time low max	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1999	Fruitland, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	88 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

1795 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,457 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1999-01-25: 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 25	1,179
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2