Weather Records on 28 January 1915

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1915. Highest significance: San Diego Wbo, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1915

On 28 January 1915, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
San Diego Wbo set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 28 January 1915.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 28 January 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 January 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 January 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1915

Top 20 records on 28 January 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1915	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	39.6 C (103.3 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Noorong, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Sveg, SE	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1915	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	32 years	14 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

1796 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1915. 1915 had 55 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	43
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1