Weather Records on 15 January 1959

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1959. Highest significance: Canobie, AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 1959

On 15 January 1959, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 259 daily.
Canobie set a daily record precipitation of 168.9 mm (6.6 in) on 15 January 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 15 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 9 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 15 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 15 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1959

Top 20 records on 15 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1959	Canobie, AU	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Trinidad, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Ordway 4 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Sedan 7 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1959	Springfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Boise City 2 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Lands End Station, AU	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Fulton, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Des Moines, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Obar, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1959	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	31 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 261 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 20	157
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1