Weather Records on 31 January 1959

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1959. Highest significance: Coldwater, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 1959

On 31 January 1959, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 229 daily.
Coldwater set a monthly record daily snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 31 January 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 31 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phulwari	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Malhada Vermelha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamdaha(West)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 31 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 31 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1959

Top 20 records on 31 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1959	Coldwater, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1959	Mummidivaram, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1959	Mangaldai, IN	monthly rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Medicine Lodge, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Devikulam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Waterford, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Canadian, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Palacode, IN	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Gauhati Obsy, IN	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Phulwari, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Cornucopia, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Lakin, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Mosdene, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1959	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1959	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1959	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1959	Acude Malhada Vermelha, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	32 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 237 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 50	184
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1