Weather Records on 23 January 2015

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2015. Highest significance: Napoleonville, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 2015

On 23 January 2015, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 549 daily.
Napoleonville set a daily record precipitation of 100.8 mm (4.0 in) on 23 January 2015.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 23 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Mesto	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eton State Water Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Picacho	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boondall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hye	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenslopes Private Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dripping Springs 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teague Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Lake 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thibodaux 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 23 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 23 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2015

Top 20 records on 23 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2015	Napoleonville, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2015	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2015	Brackettville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2015	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Vega 2NW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Mountainair, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Austwell, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Cordele, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Novo Mesto, SI	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Eton State Water Depot, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Blaine, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Baudette, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Mountainair, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Picacho, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Villanueva, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Roanoke, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Boondall, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2015	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	64 years	38 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 561 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 January 2015
Margin	Records
0 to 100	478
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1