Weather Records on 19 January 2006

1,418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2006. Highest significance: Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 2006

On 19 January 2006, 1,418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 595 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,359 daily.
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm) set a daily record precipitation of 263.0 mm (10.4 in) on 19 January 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,418 stations

1,418 station records on 19 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bergeligrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Etive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunchilly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tambov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Upper Coopers Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elsmore (Danthonia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Belford Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.9 C (-32.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.8 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,418 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 264, Lowest daily maximum 288, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 307, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 19 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	264
Lowest daily maximum	288
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	307
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 19 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 44, daily 1,359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,197 broken records

Margins by which the 1,197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2006

Top 20 records on 19 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2006	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2006	Whitehall, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2006	Northfield, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2006	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2006	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	178.2 mm (7.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Hefei, CN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Bergeligrend, NO	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Deseret, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Pallamallawa Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Glen Etive, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Colebrook 3SW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Kurundi, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Brunchilly, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Yelarbon Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Tambov, RU	all-time low min	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Clunes (Main Rd), AU	monthly rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Colonia Morelos, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2006	Troy L&D, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 1,418 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	1,169
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1