Weather Records on 7 January 1955

164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1955. Highest significance: Fort Vermilion Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 7 January 1955

On 7 January 1955, 164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 159 daily.
Fort Vermilion Cda set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 7 January 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

164 stations

164 station records on 7 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pense	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pense	Canada	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

164 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 7 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 7 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1955

Top 20 records on 7 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1955	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1955	Turtleford, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1955	Belle Isle, CA	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1955	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Maandagshoek, ZA	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Amby, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Nabawa, AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Rockford, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Ely AP, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Cheraw, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Santa Paula, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1955	Houlton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	22 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

1826 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1955. 1955 had 164 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	109
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1