Weather Records on 28 January 2019

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 2019. Highest significance: New Hampton, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 2019

On 28 January 2019, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 616 daily.
New Hampton set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 28 January 2019.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 28 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Preston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montello Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swea City 5N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Farge	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockway 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 196, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	196
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 2019

Top 20 records on 28 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 2019	New Hampton, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Melbourne WFO, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Harmony, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Adel, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	109 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Titusville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Dubois Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Zumbrota, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Manitowoc, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2019	Preston, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Postville, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	124 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Faribault, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Montello Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Mt Carroll, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Wells, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2019	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	69 years	51 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2019. 2019 had 624 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	427
50 to 100	69
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1