Weather Records on 1 January 2019

865 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2019. Highest significance: Newcastle, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 2019

On 1 January 2019, 865 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 833 daily.
Newcastle set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 1 January 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

865 stations

865 station records on 1 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Show Low AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Farge	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwells Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Qui Nhon	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

865 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 1 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 1 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 833.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

701 broken records

Margins by which the 701 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2019

Top 20 records on 1 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2019	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	108 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2019	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2019	New London Lock #22, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2019	Rochelle 7ENE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2019	Otis, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2019	Hellinikon, GR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Saint Johns, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Jamestown 4 ENE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Greenville, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Saint Johns, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Show Low AP, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Los Alamos, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Hiram, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Jemez Springs, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Vallecito Dam, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Medora 1 S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	La Farge, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Rantoul, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2019	Pinetop 2E, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	68 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

1798 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2019. 2019 had 865 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-17 (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 50	675
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1