Weather Records on 31 January 1934

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1934. Highest significance: Eugowra Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1934

On 31 January 1934, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 586 daily.
Eugowra Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 100.6 mm (4.0 in) on 31 January 1934.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 31 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bassett Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1934

Top 20 records on 31 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1934	Eugowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Queenton, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Wandary, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Pakur, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1934	Glen Innes Gasworks, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1934. 1934 had 597 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 31 January 1934
Margin	Records
0 to 20	443
20 to 40	63
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4