Weather Records on 28 January 1944

873 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1944. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 28 January 1944

On 28 January 1944, 873 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
633 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 842 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 28 January 1944.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

873 stations

873 station records on 28 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

873 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 342, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	342
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

732 broken records

Margins by which the 732 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1944

Top 20 records on 28 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1944	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Clunes, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Ballina West, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Pipestone, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Uccle, BE	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Krugersdorp, ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Alstonville Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1944	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1944	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1944	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	33 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 873 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 20	695
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2