Weather Records on 31 December 1941

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1941. Highest significance: Bloomfield 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1941

On 31 December 1941, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 154 daily.
Bloomfield 3 SE set an all-time record daily snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 31 December 1941.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 31 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Fence 90 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bilasipara	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 31 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 31 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

125 broken records

Margins by which the 125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1941

Top 20 records on 31 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1941	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	all-time snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	19 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1941	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Iguape, BR	daily rain	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1941	Wray, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Cumbres, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Colby, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Rabbit Fence 90 Mile, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Chama, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1941	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	40 years	22 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

1797 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1941. 1941 had 159 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 50	108
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1