Weather Records on 15 January 2015

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2015. Highest significance: Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 2015

On 15 January 2015, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 474 daily.
Lymington (Fattys Lane) set a daily record precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 15 January 2015.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 15 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wensleydale (Anglesea (Vehicle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macquarie Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nobeoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kidman Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drillham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Community Postal Agen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condamine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamaguchi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 15 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 15 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2015

Top 20 records on 15 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2015	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2015	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Wensleydale (Anglesea (Vehicle, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Nebo, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Dover, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Kochi, JP	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Macquarie Island, AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Bezenchuk, RU	daily high max	3.4 C (38.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Nobeoka, JP	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Hazlehurst, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Sukumo, JP	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Kidman Springs, AU	monthly rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2015	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	36 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 479 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 2026-10-17 (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	397
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1