Weather Records on 19 January 2017

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2017. Highest significance: Valencia, ES.

Key Facts for 19 January 2017

On 19 January 2017, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
538 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 857 daily.
Valencia set a daily record precipitation of 76.6 mm (3.0 in) on 19 January 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 19 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Valke-Maarja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat (Egedesminde)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Libus	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montabaur	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gronning	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 19 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 19 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 857.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2017

Top 20 records on 19 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2017	Valencia, ES	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Alicante El Altet, ES	monthly rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Alicante, ES	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Ruzyne, CZ	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Valke-Maarja, EE	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Murcia/San Javier, ES	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2017	Telfer Aero, AU	monthly rain	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Castellon, ES	monthly rain	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Malheur Branch Exp STN, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Aasiaat (Egedesminde), GL	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Haukedal, NO	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	123 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Aasiaat, GL	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Inhambane, MZ	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2017	Praha-Libus, CZ	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	45 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2017. 2017 had 886 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	658
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1