Weather Records on 17 January 2019

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2019. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 17 January 2019

On 17 January 2019, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 566 daily.
Lankaran set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 17 January 2019.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 17 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
White River #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels-Strawberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qui Nhon	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heavenly Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Solano	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.7 C (117.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parley's Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
China Lake Naf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martinez Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stead	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chalk Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearlake 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darganata	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thaynes Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bucks Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lily Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mining Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danang Intl	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 17 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 17 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 10, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2019

Top 20 records on 17 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2019	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 January 2019	White River #1, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Daniels-Strawberry, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Fall Rvr Mills, US	all-time rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Strawberry Divide, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Clear Creek #1, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Vernon Creek, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Timpanogos Divide, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Qui Nhon, VN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Auberry 2 NW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Heavenly Valley, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Dos Bocas, PR	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Big Meadow, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Lake Solano, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Hope, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Echo Dam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Budapest, HU	daily high max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2019	Trinidad, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 582 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 20	445
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1