Weather Records on 15 January 2017

988 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2017. Highest significance: Beaver, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2017

On 15 January 2017, 988 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 942 daily.
Beaver set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 15 January 2017.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

988 stations

988 station records on 15 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leedey	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grizzly	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Skinner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Offerle 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth Meacham Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

988 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 15 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 15 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 43, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2017

Top 20 records on 15 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2017	Beaver, US	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	110 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 January 2017	Post, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 January 2017	Lubbock 9N, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	77 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Ashland, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Woodward, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Gage AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Leedey, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Flomot 4 NE, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Taloga, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Vici 1NNW, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Amarillo, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Grizzly, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Lipscomb, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Jornada Exp Range, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2017	Nha Trang, VN	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2017. 2017 had 988 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 50	791
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1