Weather Records on 28 January 1924

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1924. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1924

On 28 January 1924, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 124 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 28 January 1924.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 28 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 28 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1924

Top 20 records on 28 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1924	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Beenak, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Warburton, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Warragul, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1924	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Kew, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Neerim, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1924	Dromana, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	21 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

1796 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1924. 1924 had 126 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 January 1924
Margin	Records
0 to 10	72
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3