Weather Records on 31 January 2015

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2015. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 2015

On 31 January 2015, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 640 daily.
Willcox set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 31 January 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 31 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miskolc	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Panther Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coronado Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Useless Loop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toro Negro Forest	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arnold	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 31 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 31 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 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

31 January 2015

Top 20 records on 31 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2015	Willcox, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2015	Tombstone, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2015	Haskell, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Xilin Hot, CN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	McCamey, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Miskolc, HU	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Panther Junction, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Gospic, HR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Ockelbo, SE	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Redington, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Groton, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Adjuntas Substn, PR	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Kentfield, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Topeka Forbes Fld, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Pamplona, ES	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Flagler 1S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Madison, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2015	Boolardy, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 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

1800 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2015. 2015 had 663 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	566
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3