Weather Records on 3 January 2019

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2019. Highest significance: Dulan, CN.

Key Facts for 3 January 2019

On 3 January 2019, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 460 daily.
Dulan set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 3 January 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 3 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mesa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Navarro Mills Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bertram 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Point Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgera	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andice 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salto	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willis Island	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leksvik - Myran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Show Low AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 3 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 3 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2019

Top 20 records on 3 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2019	Dulan, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Chattanooga, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Sheridan Fld STN, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Corsicana, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Quillayute AP, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Blue Mesa Lake, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Richfield, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	121 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Navarro Mills Dam, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Bertram 3 ENE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Madisonville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Point Stuart, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Dime Box, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Eastman 1 W, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Stillhouse Hollow Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2019	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.4 cm (1.3 in)	76 years	40 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

1794 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2019. 2019 had 474 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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Data for records on 2019-01-03: 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	328
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1