Weather Records on 15 January 1921

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1921. Highest significance: Banff, CA.

Key Facts for 15 January 1921

On 15 January 1921, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 54 daily.
Banff set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 15 January 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 15 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 15 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 54.

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 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1921

Top 20 records on 15 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1921	Banff, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1921	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1921	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1921	Nebo, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1921	Weldon, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Saint John, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Portland, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Quebec, CA	daily high max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Lowell, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Kiev, UA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1921	Lake Cochituate, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	21 years	16 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

1795 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 55 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 50	45
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1