Weather Records on 21 January 2019

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2019. Highest significance: Great Falls 16St, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 2019

On 21 January 2019, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 514 daily.
Great Falls 16St set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 21 January 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 21 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulety	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shilka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehead	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	59.7 cm (23.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomingley (Gundongs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arvaiheer	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield 3N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uakit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Falls Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cohagen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 21 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 21 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 2019

Top 20 records on 21 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2019	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2019	Madras, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Ft Kent, US	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	121 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Bathurst Agricultural Station, AU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Beaver Is, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Glen Alice, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Moosehead, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Cheboygan, US	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Conklingville Dam, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Brassua Dam, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily low min	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Dulan, CN	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Cheboygan, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Busby, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2019	Billings Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	67 years	42 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

1793 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 526 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,387
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	411
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1