Weather Records on 15 January 2026

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2026. Highest significance: Niles, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2026

On 15 January 2026, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
587 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 667 daily.
Niles set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 15 January 2026.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

683 stations

683 station records on 15 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Niles	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stromlo Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hotan	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plainby Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tamil	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuanping	China	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yanchi	China	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuanping	China	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.6 C (-35.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Overton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bobruisk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shache	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 372, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	372
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2026

Top 20 records on 15 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2026	Niles, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Oberlin, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Lakeville, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Stromlo Forest, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Old Faithful, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Wallace, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	123 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Wamsutter, US	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Eagle FAA AP, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Loa, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Sisseton, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	124 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Worland, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Hotan, CN	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	9.7 C (17.5 F)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Lowell, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Plainby Station, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Wikieup, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Lima, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2026	Betanga, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	36 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 683 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2026-01-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	516
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2