Weather Records on 28 January 1941

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1941. Highest significance: Eagle Pass 3N, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1941

On 28 January 1941, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 307 daily.
Eagle Pass 3N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 28 January 1941.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 28 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.4 C (-46.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.5 C (-37.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 28 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 28 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1941

Top 20 records on 28 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1941	Eagle Pass 3N, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1941	Park Rch, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1941	Baramba, IN	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Soro, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Keith, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Bonth, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Park Rch, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Cranganore, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Ullawarra, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Kristianstad, SE	daily low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Asthawan, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1941	Sandbaken, ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1941	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1941	Raymondville, US	all-time rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1941	Phulbani, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1941	Baihar, IN	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	21 years	31 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 322 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 100	278
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1