Weather Records on 17 January 1955

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1955. Highest significance: Wrixum/Fohr, DE.

Key Facts for 17 January 1955

On 17 January 1955, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 291 daily.
Wrixum/Fohr set a monthly record snow depth of 20.0 cm (7.9 in) on 17 January 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 17 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 17 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 17 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1955

Top 20 records on 17 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1955	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	monthly snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Florence, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Sabinal, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Truchas, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Truchas, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Espanola, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1955	Taos, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Belle Isle, CA	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Calarasi, RO	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Springerville, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Wray, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1955	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	52 years	30 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 303 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	191
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1