Weather Records on 26 January 1955

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1955. Highest significance: Mvenyane, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 January 1955

On 26 January 1955, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 368 daily.
Mvenyane set an all-time record daily precipitation of 171.0 mm (6.7 in) on 26 January 1955.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 26 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	184.5 mm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 14, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1955

Top 20 records on 26 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1955	Mvenyane, ZA	all-time rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1955	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Mvenyane (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Tweefontein, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Nkobongo (Agr), ZA	monthly rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Rooiwal, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Bergplaats (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Bulwer (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1955	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	44 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

1795 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 389 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1955-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	260
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2