Weather Records on 23 January 1931

243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1931. Highest significance: Yeeda, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1931

On 23 January 1931, 243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 228 daily.
Yeeda set a daily record precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 23 January 1931.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

243 stations

243 station records on 23 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

243 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 23 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1931

Top 20 records on 23 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1931	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Aseral, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Kistwar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1931	Hedrum, NO	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Bakke, NO	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Beaver Lake, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1931	Port Lincoln, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	37 years	21 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 243 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	184
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1