Weather Records on 2 January 2015

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2015. Highest significance: Channel Island, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 2015

On 2 January 2015, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 756 daily.
Channel Island set a daily record precipitation of 210.0 mm (8.3 in) on 2 January 2015.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 2 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Channel Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Ridge Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCarty Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernardo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan (Ravencroft)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rotuma	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truth Or Consequences	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oued Irara	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Rosevale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bravo	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loomberah (Pendene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoseda Hard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.3 C (-51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberschleissheim	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajiro	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ilirnej	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dungowan (the Junction)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record low minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vardo	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 2 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 2 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 756.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

677 broken records

Margins by which the 677 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2015

Top 20 records on 2 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2015	Channel Island, AU	daily rain	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2015	Thermopolis, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2015	Glenwood, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Pitea, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Blue Ridge Rs, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	McCarty Rch, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Baggs, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	7.9 C (46.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	161 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	8.1 C (46.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Meeker, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Perpignan, FR	daily high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Bernardo, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	El Campo, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Dungowan (Ravencroft), AU	daily rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2015	Rotuma, FJ	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 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

1794 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 778 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 50	652
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	4