Weather Records on 31 January 1926

204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1926. Highest significance: Hebron, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 1926

On 31 January 1926, 204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 200 daily.
Hebron set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 31 January 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

204 stations

204 station records on 31 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

204 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 31 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 200.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1926

Top 20 records on 31 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1926	Hebron, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1926	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1926	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Madison, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Lynchburg - Coop, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Columbia, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Stratford, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Quincy, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Ukiah, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Augusta, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Bartow 1SE, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1926	Lenox, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	11 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1926. 1926 had 204 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 10	128
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1