Weather Records on 15 January 1979

1,441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1979. Highest significance: Nazarezinho (Nazare), BR.

Key Facts for 15 January 1979

On 15 January 1979, 1,441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 580 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 73 were all-time records, 90 monthly and 1,278 daily.
Nazarezinho (Nazare) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 192.0 mm (7.6 in) on 15 January 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,441 stations

1,441 station records on 15 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nazarezinho (Nazare)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coutinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Araripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,441 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 244, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 336, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 509.

Records on 15 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	244
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	336
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	509

Records on 15 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 73, monthly 90, daily 1,278.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,102 broken records

Margins by which the 1,102 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1979

Top 20 records on 15 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1979	Nazarezinho (Nazare), BR	all-time rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Bloomfield, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Coutinho, BR	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Paulo Afonso, BR	all-time rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Boqueirao Do Patu, BR	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Labelle, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Geneseo, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Bremerhaven, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Milan, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Merriman, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Larned, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1979	Cococi, BR	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	47 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 1,441 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 100	965
100 to 200	103
200 to 300	20
300 to 400	11
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2