Weather Records on 15 January 1943

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1943. Highest significance: Dickinson Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 1943

On 15 January 1943, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 593 daily.
Dickinson Exp STN set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 15 January 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 15 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 15 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 15 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1943

Top 20 records on 15 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1943	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Alix, CA	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Alix, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Abydos Woodstock, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Canyon Ferry, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Sycamore, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Malta, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Khurda, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1943	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Freeport, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Rockford, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1943	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	30 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 613 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 20	435
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2