Weather Records on 29 January 2015

700 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 2015. Highest significance: Hyannis, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 2015

On 29 January 2015, 700 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 659 daily.
Hyannis set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 29 January 2015.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

700 stations

700 station records on 29 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hyannis	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sorsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Florida	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

700 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 29 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 29 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

540 broken records

Margins by which the 540 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 2015

Top 20 records on 29 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 2015	Hyannis, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2015	Sorsele, SE	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2015	Winfield 3NE, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Talon, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Howard 2SE, US	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Holly, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Minami Tori Shima Ma, JP	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Wallace, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Mason City, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	118 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Bergen Florida, NO	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Meade, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Norman 3SSE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Sulphur Springs, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Waterville, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Beloit, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Pawnee City, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Red Cloud, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2015	Ibapah, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 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 700 records.

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

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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	524
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1