Weather Records on 10 January 1955

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1955. Highest significance: Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk, US.

Key Facts for 10 January 1955

On 10 January 1955, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 332 daily.
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk set a daily record snowfall of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 10 January 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

341 stations

341 station records on 10 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crowell	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 10 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 10 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1955

Top 20 records on 10 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1955	Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Shawnee, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Sparta 1 W, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Boras, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Sidlaghatta, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Schikfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Punganur, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Piler(Pileru), IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1955	Garden City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	35 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

1799 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1955. 1955 had 341 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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 50	263
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1