Weather Records on 28 January 1940

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1940. Highest significance: Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 January 1940

On 28 January 1940, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 310 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 479 daily.
Heidelberg Cape (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 28 January 1940.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 28 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	508.0 cm (200.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 28 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 28 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 32, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1524.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1940

Top 20 records on 28 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1940	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1940	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Chemnitz, DE	all-time snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Honomanu 450, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	all-time low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Emporia 1 S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Reidsville, US	all-time low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1940	Macon 2 NE, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Colby, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Marshall, US	monthly low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Salisbury, US	all-time low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Rogersville 1 NE, US	monthly low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	monthly high min	27.1 C (80.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Camden 3 W, US	all-time low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Knoxville AP, US	all-time low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1940	Malvern, GB	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	12 years	28 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1940. 1940 had 522 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 200	427
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1