Weather Records on 15 January 1981

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1981. Highest significance: Currawilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 1981

On 15 January 1981, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 630 daily.
Currawilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 15 January 1981.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 15 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.2 mm (9.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Sao Jose	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.8 mm (9.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.2 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biritiba Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wyanga	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 15 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 15 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1981

Top 20 records on 15 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1981	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Camacho (Smn), MX	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Tomazina, BR	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Kramfors, SE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Barkestad, NO	daily snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Springvale, AU	all-time rain	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Ornskoldsvik, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	244.2 mm (9.6 in)	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005, BR	daily rain	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Usina Sao Jose, BR	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	235.8 mm (9.3 in)	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp, BR	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Brule Island, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	20.4 C (68.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1981	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	39 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1981. 1981 had 671 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	682

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	551
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1