Weather Records on 15 January 1999

1,159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1999. Highest significance: Mt Clemens Ang Base, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 1999

On 15 January 1999, 1,159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,129 daily.
Mt Clemens Ang Base set a daily record snow depth of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 15 January 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,159 stations

1,159 station records on 15 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leckford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnemahoning	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harris STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,159 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 486, Heaviest daily snowfall 139, Deepest snow cover 131.

Records on 15 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	486
Heaviest daily snowfall	139
Deepest snow cover	131

Records on 15 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 24, daily 1,129.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

960 broken records

Margins by which the 960 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1999

Top 20 records on 15 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1999	Ruby Plains, AU	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1999	Baldwinsville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	95 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1999	Penn Yan, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1999	Portageville 1N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1999	Dongfang, CN	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Little Valley, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Portageville 1N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Montpelier, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Richland, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Renovo, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Belfast, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Waterloo, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Lawrence, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Jackson, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Augusta State AP, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1999	Malvern, GB	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	52 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,159 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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Data for records on 1999-01-15: 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	828
50 to 100	69
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	20
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	1