Weather Records on 31 December 1944

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1944. Highest significance: Robeline, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1944

On 31 December 1944, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 249 daily.
Robeline set a daily record precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 31 December 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

259 stations

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

Weather records on 31 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 31 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 31 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1944

Top 20 records on 31 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1944	Robeline, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Ruston la Tech, US	monthly rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Batesville, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	University, US	all-time rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Portland, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1944	Keremeos, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Rosedale, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Berinag, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Hedley, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Eureka, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1944	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 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

1797 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 259 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	189
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1