Weather Records on 21 January 1915

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1915. Highest significance: Tennant Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 January 1915

On 21 January 1915, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 47 daily.
Tennant Creek Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 21 January 1915.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 21 January 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 21 January 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 January 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1915

Top 20 records on 21 January 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1915	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1915	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Palermo, IT	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Uccle, BE	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Tapio, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Gospic, HR	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Southampton, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Sydney, CA	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Helmond, NL	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1915	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1915. 1915 had 47 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	1,386
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	31
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1