Weather Records on 19 January 2024

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2024. Highest significance: Lebanon, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 2024

On 19 January 2024, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 806 daily.
Lebanon set a daily record snow depth of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 19 January 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 19 January 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vyksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.8 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.6 cm (21.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ryegate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noumerat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salalah	Oman	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isparta	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heraklion	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 134.

Records on 19 January 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	134

Records on 19 January 2024 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 806.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2024

Top 20 records on 19 January 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2024	Lebanon, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2024	Knoxville Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2024	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2024	Petford, AU	monthly rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2024	Vyksa, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Allerton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	152.8 mm (6.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Laporte, US	all-time snowfall	55.6 cm (21.9 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Wanatah 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Red Oak, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Mount Isa Aero, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Knoxville AP, US	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Gresham 3W, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Cuba City, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Ryegate, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Monteagle, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	White Cliff Point, AU	daily rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2024	Creston 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	43 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2024. 2024 had 828 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	633
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2