Weather Records on 28 January 1931

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1931. Highest significance: Victoria Sugar Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1931

On 28 January 1931, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 371 daily.
Victoria Sugar Mill set a daily record precipitation of 257.6 mm (10.1 in) on 28 January 1931.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 28 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Charles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1931

Top 20 records on 28 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1931	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1931	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1931	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1931	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1931	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1931	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	New Westminster, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Snoqualmie Falls, US	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Aberdeen, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Willapa Harbor, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Port Townsend, US	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	David City 4E, US	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Big Creek, CA	monthly high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Seattle Urban Site, US	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Brackettville, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1931	Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn), AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 407 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	315
25 to 50	2
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1