Weather Records on 15 January 2023

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2023. Highest significance: Eureka, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2023

On 15 January 2023, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 660 daily.
Eureka set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 15 January 2023.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 15 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lisca	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hayman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.3 mm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-53.4 C (-64.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lizard Head Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-56.2 C (-69.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portoroz-Letalisce	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Cheetham Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-56.7 C (-70.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merchant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camballin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isit	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-48.5 C (-55.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saskylah	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-60.9 C (-77.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkhar	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byrdalyk	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colton	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kocevje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Andreas 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 15 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 15 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2023

Top 20 records on 15 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2023	Eureka, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 January 2023	Williams, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2023	Murska Sobota-Rakican, SI	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2023	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Lisca, SI	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Julian Cdf, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	127 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Hayman Island Resort, AU	daily rain	242.3 mm (9.5 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Hamilton Island Airport, AU	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari, SI	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	San Simon, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Kermanshah, IR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Postojna, SI	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Ft Valley, US	monthly snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Driggs, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Alpine, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Mackay Aero, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Mountainair, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2023	Alton, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 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

1795 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 672 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 100	548
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1