Weather Records on 20 January 2015

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2015. Highest significance: Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ.

Key Facts for 20 January 2015

On 20 January 2015, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 404 daily.
Nemours (Ghazaouet) set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 20 January 2015.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 20 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rollands Plains (Greenac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	198.0 cm (78.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Myrtledale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shields	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pisco Intl	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nulkaba (O'Connors Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enontekio Kilpisjarvi	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bykle - Kultran	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 20 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 20 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2015

Top 20 records on 20 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2015	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	125 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2015	Bangalow Motel, AU	daily rain	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2015	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 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)
20 January 2015	Alice Springs Airport, AU	all-time high max	46.0 C (114.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Tangier City, MA	daily low max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Howard, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Upper Rollands Plains (Greenac, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Paradise, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Sierraville Rs, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Bedford, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Sibley, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	198.0 cm (78.0 in)	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Sevilla/San Pablo, ES	daily low max	7.6 C (45.7 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2015	Spencer 1 N, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 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

1795 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 413 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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	323
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1