Weather Records on 15 January 2010

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2010. Highest significance: Encinal, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2010

On 15 January 2010, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 27 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 750 daily.
Encinal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.5 mm (5.0 in) on 15 January 2010.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 15 January 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chacalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lyons	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Axtell	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Howells	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sigonella	Italy	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Nacional (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 6 S	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Venadero (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Almolonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Pescados (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Negro - Corozal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Deepest snow cover 134.

Records on 15 January 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	134

Records on 15 January 2010 by timescale: all-time 27, monthly 43, daily 750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2010

Top 20 records on 15 January 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2010	Encinal, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 January 2010	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	107 years	77 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Robstown, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Audubon, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Lampazos (Smn), MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Chacalapa, MX	monthly rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Jose Cardel, MX	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Lyons, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Cuero, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Cotulla la Salle Co AP, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2010	Rinconada, MX	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Utica, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Axtell, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Schuyler, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	103 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2010	Howells, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	31 years	56 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2010. 2010 had 820 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 2010-01-15: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 January 2010
Margin	Records
0 to 100	630
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	15
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	1