Weather Records on 4 January 1931

94 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1931. Highest significance: Jennings, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 1931

On 4 January 1931, 94 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 93 daily.
Jennings set a daily record precipitation of 115.3 mm (4.5 in) on 4 January 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

94 stations

94 station records on 4 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-58.2 C (-72.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.9 C (-48.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

94 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 93.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

84 broken records

Margins by which the 84 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1931

Top 20 records on 4 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1931	Jennings, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1931	Minden, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1931	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1931	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1931	Magnolia, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1931	Setif, DZ	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Bizerte Cap Blanc, TN	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Robeline, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Pakri, EE	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Szombathely, HU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1931	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	33 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

1795 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 94 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 20	73
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2