Weather Records on 21 January 2015

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2015. Highest significance: Walterhall, AU.

Key Facts for 21 January 2015

On 21 January 2015, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 418 daily.
Walterhall set a daily record precipitation of 174.8 mm (6.9 in) on 21 January 2015.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 21 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla (Fern Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birraban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maksimovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alexander	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	195.0 cm (76.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bykle - Kultran	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Randsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 21 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 21 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 2015

Top 20 records on 21 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2015	Walterhall, AU	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2015	Crescent Head, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Pelican, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Petersburg 1, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Craig, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Sitka AP, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Annex Creek, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Skagway, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Wodonga Express, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	111 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Kalpowar Forestry, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Bravo, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 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)
21 January 2015	Manilla (Fern Hill), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2015	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	43 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

1793 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 426 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	342
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2