Weather Records on 31 January 1945

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1945. Highest significance: Tallangatta (Bullioh), AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1945

On 31 January 1945, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 922 daily.
Tallangatta (Bullioh) set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 31 January 1945.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 31 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Osbornes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Ridgeside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 817, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 31 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	817
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 31 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

890 broken records

Margins by which the 890 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 January 1945

Top 20 records on 31 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1945	Tallangatta (Bullioh), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1945	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Hawthorn, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Osbornes Flat, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Canterbury, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Wymah (Gwandallen), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Bisalpur, IN	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Katandra North, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Rutherglen Netherby Wine, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Thowgla Upper, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1945	Allansford, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1945. 1945 had 943 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 50	874
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1