Weather Records on 15 January 1951

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1951. Highest significance: Hopkinsville, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 1951

On 15 January 1951, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 560 daily.
Hopkinsville set a daily record precipitation of 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 15 January 1951.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 15 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vananda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vananda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 15 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 15 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1951

Top 20 records on 15 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1951	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Chemainus, CA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Harrai, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Bharthana, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Kenogami, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Sussex, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Chinook Cove, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Pichhore, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Kamilaroi Station, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Maniwaki 2, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1951	Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 577 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	471
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1