Weather Records on 31 January 1944

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1944. Highest significance: Serampore, IN.

Key Facts for 31 January 1944

On 31 January 1944, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 217 daily.
Serampore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 31 January 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

232 stations

232 station records on 31 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.3 mm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falakata Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 31 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 31 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1944

Top 20 records on 31 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1944	Serampore, IN	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1944	Pundi, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Rajathgarh, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Kurseong, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Oshkosh, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1944	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	monthly rain	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Montville "Craglands", AU	monthly rain	228.3 mm (9.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Banpur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Amlagora, IN	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1944	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	28 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

1800 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1944. 1944 had 232 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	168
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2