Weather Records on 26 January 1931

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1931. Highest significance: Coleraine Hospital, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1931

On 26 January 1931, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 365 daily.
Coleraine Hospital set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 26 January 1931.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 26 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.4 mm (9.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1931

Top 20 records on 26 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1931	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1931	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1931	Bonang, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1931	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1931	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1931	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Dargo, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Heywood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	249.4 mm (9.8 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Ladner, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	Cambray, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1931	El Paso, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 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 373 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1931-01-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	290
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3