Weather Records on 12 January 1955

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1955. Highest significance: Wongan Hills, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1955

On 12 January 1955, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 288 daily.
Wongan Hills set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 12 January 1955.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 12 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Badu Mulgrave Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaragan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1955

Top 20 records on 12 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1955	Wongan Hills, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Badu Mulgrave Island, AU	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Perenjori, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Mandora, AU	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Dalwallinu Comparison, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Ballidu, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Tallering, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Fauquier, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Yallalong, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Thursday Island Township, AU	monthly rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Gabyon, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Dingley Dell, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	New Norcia, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1955	Creston, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 years	33 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

1794 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 302 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	243
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2