Weather Records on 10 January 1931

92 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1931. Highest significance: Toowoomba, AU.

Key Facts for 10 January 1931

On 10 January 1931, 92 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 87 daily.
Toowoomba set a daily record precipitation of 104.9 mm (4.1 in) on 10 January 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

92 stations

92 station records on 10 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.2 C (-60.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

92 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 10 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 10 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 87.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

80 broken records

Margins by which the 80 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1931

Top 20 records on 10 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1931	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1931	Palermo, IT	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1931	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Western Creek, AU	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Bloomfield, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Timovskoe, RU	all-time low min	-51.2 C (-60.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Clayoquot, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Boggabilla (Boonal), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low min	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1931	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	28 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

1799 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1931. 1931 had 92 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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 25	72
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1