Weather Records on 26 January 1928

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1928. Highest significance: Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 January 1928

On 26 January 1928, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 75 daily.
Umzimkulu (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 26 January 1928.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 26 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1928

Top 20 records on 26 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1928	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1928	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Elliston, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Vanrhysdorp, ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Cowell, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1928	Boolardy, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	36 years	17 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 75 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 5	55
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	3