Weather Records on 31 January 1928

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1928. Highest significance: Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1928

On 31 January 1928, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 46 daily.
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale) set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 31 January 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 31 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	181.0 cm (71.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1928

Top 20 records on 31 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1928	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1928	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Port Clinton (Yararoo), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Sarna, SE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Stokes, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	monthly rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Junsele, SE	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Tumby Bay (Hillview), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Sveg, SE	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Uman, UA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1928	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	15 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1928. 1928 had 47 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 50	38
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1