Weather Records on 13 January 1955

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1955. Highest significance: Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH.

Key Facts for 13 January 1955

On 13 January 1955, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 254 daily.
Col du Grand St-Bernard set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 13 January 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 13 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Metaline Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wye Wye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 13 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 13 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1955

Top 20 records on 13 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1955	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Porthill, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Deer Vale, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Brisco, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Eastbourne, GB	monthly rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1955	Balfour Downs, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Armagh, GB	daily low max	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Willowvale, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	61 years	26 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 261 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	184
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1