Weather Records on 19 January 2015

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2015. Highest significance: Mount Hart Station, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 2015

On 19 January 2015, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 427 daily.
Mount Hart Station set a daily record precipitation of 122.0 mm (4.8 in) on 19 January 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 19 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weethalle (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sophie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norristown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Erzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bykle - Kultran	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 19 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 19 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2015

Top 20 records on 19 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2015	Mount Hart Station, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Rutland, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	East London, ZA	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Keene, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Kuching, MY	daily rain	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Lake Margaret Power Station, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Melilla, ES	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Avoca Beach Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Coldwater, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Richfield, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	118 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Glendive, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Highmore, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Weethalle (Mountain View), AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2015	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	114 years	41 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

1796 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2015. 2015 had 432 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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 100	339
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2