Weather Records on 28 January 1949

1,301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1949. Highest significance: Prescott, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1949

On 28 January 1949, 1,301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 265 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,265 daily.
Prescott set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 28 January 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,301 stations

1,301 station records on 28 January 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Levy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,301 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 550, Heaviest daily snowfall 231, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 28 January 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	550
Heaviest daily snowfall	231
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 28 January 1949 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 27, daily 1,265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,125 broken records

Margins by which the 1,125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1949

Top 20 records on 28 January 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1949	Prescott, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	W Pt, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Aledo, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Oakley, US	monthly snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Huntington, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Beaver City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Hampton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Perry, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	W Branch 3SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Eldon, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Woodfort, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1949	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	4 years	45 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

1796 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1949. 1949 had 1,301 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 100	1,058
100 to 200	56
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2