Weather Records on 25 January 1928

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1928. Highest significance: Rokeby (the Mall), AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1928

On 25 January 1928, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 175 daily.
Rokeby (the Mall) set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 25 January 1928.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 25 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 25 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

162 broken records

Margins by which the 162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1928

Top 20 records on 25 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1928	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Bagdad, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Quebec, CA	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Chelsea, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1928	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1928	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1928	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1928	Watford, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2 years	29 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

1795 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 179 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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 50	156
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1