Weather Records on 15 January 1931

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1931. Highest significance: Great Brak River, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 January 1931

On 15 January 1931, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 155 daily.
Great Brak River set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 15 January 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 15 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

109 broken records

Margins by which the 109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1931

Top 20 records on 15 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1931	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1931	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1931	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1931	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1931	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Salisbury, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Ai-Petri, UA	daily high max	8.1 C (46.6 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Louisburg, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1931	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	31 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 156 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 January 1931
Margin	Records
0 to 10	90
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2