Weather Records on 15 January 2001

929 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2001. Highest significance: Gordon 6N, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2001

On 15 January 2001, 929 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
529 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 875 daily.
Gordon 6N set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 15 January 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

929 stations

929 station records on 15 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Juba	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Breien	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.1 C (-56.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.2 C (113.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Needles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.9 C (-43.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Research Centre	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vittangi	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.8 C (116.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chengde	China	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

929 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 15 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 15 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 36, daily 875.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2001

Top 20 records on 15 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2001	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2001	Juba, SD	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2001	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2001	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Breien, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Marinette, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Red Wing, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Teriberka, RU	daily high min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Gallivare_A, SE	daily high max	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Tombstone, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Medina, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Barguzin, RU	daily low min	-49.1 C (-56.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2001	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	100 years	40 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 929 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	708
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1