Weather Records on 31 January 1922

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1922. Highest significance: Kynuna, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1922

On 31 January 1922, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 50 daily.
Kynuna set an all-time record daily precipitation of 286.0 mm (11.3 in) on 31 January 1922.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 31 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 31 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1922

Top 20 records on 31 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1922	Kynuna, AU	all-time rain	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	15 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1922	Winton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Mantova, IT	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1922	Genoa, IT	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Bowen Downs, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Aramac Post Office, AU	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Muttaburra, AU	all-time rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1922	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	15 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

1800 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1922. 1922 had 55 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	41
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1