Weather Records on 14 January 1955

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1955. Highest significance: Youanmi Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 1955

On 14 January 1955, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 281 daily.
Youanmi Downs set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 14 January 1955.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 14 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anketell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 14 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 14 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1955

Top 20 records on 14 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1955	Youanmi Downs, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Challa, AU	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Pickens 1, US	all-time snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Tuckanarra, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Philippi, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Clarksburg 1, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Lakeside, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Dandaraga, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Cullculli, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	St John's, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Girona (Antic Institut), ES	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Haskinville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1955	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 293 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 25	213
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2