Weather Records on 4 January 2015

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2015. Highest significance: Collins, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2015

On 4 January 2015, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 689 daily.
Collins set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 4 January 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 4 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Collinsville 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgundam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moundville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grays Rvr Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holt L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allatoona Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allen	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.6 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mutarnee Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 4 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 4 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2015

Top 20 records on 4 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2015	Collins, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2015	Thermopolis, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2015	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	120 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2015	Bay Springs, US	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2015	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2015	Collinsville 7 SE, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	St Francisville, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Akita, JP	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Melrose, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Raymond 2 S, US	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Ft Robinson, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Ramgundam, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Highmarket 2W, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Little Valley, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Cartersville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Leeds, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Ft Robinson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2015	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	47 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 715 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	550
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2