Weather Records on 31 January 1933

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1933. Highest significance: Yerevan, AM.

Key Facts for 31 January 1933

On 31 January 1933, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 208 daily.
Yerevan set an all-time record low minimum temperature of -27.3 C (-17.1 F) on 31 January 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 31 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1933

Top 20 records on 31 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1933	Yerevan, AM	all-time low min	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1933	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1933	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Gothenburg, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Touws River, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	monthly rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Flandreau, US	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Halsey 2 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Broome Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1933	Burlington, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	19 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

1800 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1933. 1933 had 212 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	161
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1