Weather Records on 31 January 1952

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1952. Highest significance: Bad Muskau, DE.

Key Facts for 31 January 1952

On 31 January 1952, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 509 daily.
Bad Muskau set a daily record snow depth of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 31 January 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 31 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jose de Freitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 31 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 31 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1952

Top 20 records on 31 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1952	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Emerson, CA	monthly high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Teresina, BR	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Antigo, US	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1952	Medford, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	28 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1952. 1952 had 519 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 100	405
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1