Weather Records on 31 January 1925

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1925. Highest significance: Cambridge Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1925

On 31 January 1925, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 132 daily.
Cambridge Downs Station set a daily record precipitation of 95.5 mm (3.8 in) on 31 January 1925.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 31 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1925

Top 20 records on 31 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1925	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1925	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1925	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1925	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1925	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1925	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	White River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	St Albans, CA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Gavle, SE	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	White River, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	monthly rain	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Treherne, CA	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1925	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	28 years	20 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1925. 1925 had 134 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 100	107
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1