Weather Records on 1 February 1931

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1931. Highest significance: Fort National, DZ.

Key Facts for 1 February 1931

On 1 February 1931, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 259 daily.
Fort National set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 1 February 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

264 stations

264 station records on 1 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-57.3 C (-71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1931

Top 20 records on 1 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1931	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1931	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1931	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1931	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1931	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Hay River, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Milan 1NW, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Two Harbors, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Turners Falls, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Faribault, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Milaca, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1931	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 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 264 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	221
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1