Weather Records on 15 January 1977

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1977. Highest significance: Breeza (Main Street), AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 1977

On 15 January 1977, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 756 daily.
Breeza (Main Street) set a daily record precipitation of 98.2 mm (3.9 in) on 15 January 1977.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 15 January 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glenside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilha Do Ouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Badger Crk Sanctu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 15 January 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 15 January 1977 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 756.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1977

Top 20 records on 15 January 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1977	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1977	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1977	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1977	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1977	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1977	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Winston, AU	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Essendon Airport, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Pedra Branca, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	East Anaconda, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1977	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	48 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1977. 1977 had 773 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-01-15: 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 50	577
50 to 100	63
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1