Weather Records on 31 January 1942

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1942. Highest significance: Dohne (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 31 January 1942

On 31 January 1942, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 269 daily.
Dohne (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 31 January 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

273 stations

273 station records on 31 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 31 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 31 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1942

Top 20 records on 31 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1942	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Angola, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Lapeer 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Enid, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Hillsdale, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1942	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Bic, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Aledo, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Boras, SE	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Storlien, SE	daily low max	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	10.2 C (18.4 F)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Albion, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Bay City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1942	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	35 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 273 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 25	195
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1