Weather Records on 15 January 1942

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1942. Highest significance: Sepao, IN.

Key Facts for 15 January 1942

On 15 January 1942, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 398 daily.
Sepao set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 15 January 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 15 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machilpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goela	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatigaon	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1942

Top 20 records on 15 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1942	Sepao, IN	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Baseri, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Sirmuthra, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Gilgandra (Berida), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Beazleys Bridge, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Dholpur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Bijawar, IN	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Leeuwpoort, ZA	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1942	Kangra, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Murrawombi, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Angai, IN	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Calarasi, RO	daily low min	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1942	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	24 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 402 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	354
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1