Weather Records on 31 January 1956

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1956. Highest significance: Razole(Rajole), IN.

Key Facts for 31 January 1956

On 31 January 1956, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 413 daily.
Razole(Rajole) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 31 January 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 31 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anamalais	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.7 C (-28.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.2 C (-40.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-39.7 C (-39.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 31 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 31 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 7, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1956

Top 20 records on 31 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1956	Razole(Rajole), IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1956	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Kadiri, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	St Joseph, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Flahult, SE	all-time low max	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Koele 693, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	McPherson, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Olowalu 296.1, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Brocken, DE	all-time low min	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Hemlock, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1956	Kaunas, LT	all-time low max	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	16 years	34 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1956. 1956 had 434 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	373
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1