Weather Records on 15 January 1955

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1955. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 15 January 1955

On 15 January 1955, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 258 daily.
St John's set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 15 January 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

273 stations

273 station records on 15 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandsaur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magnetawan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 15 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 15 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1955

Top 20 records on 15 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1955	St John's, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1955	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1955	Myrup, AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Zanthus, AU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Mandsaur, IN	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Arad, RO	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1955	Perpignan, FR	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Nabawa, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Strawberry North, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1955	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	27 years	27 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

1795 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 273 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	224
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1