Weather Records on 31 January 1962

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1962. Highest significance: Holmogadd A, SE.

Key Facts for 31 January 1962

On 31 January 1962, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 659 daily.
Holmogadd A set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 31 January 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

686 stations

686 station records on 31 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucyvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anthracite	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 31 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 31 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1962

Top 20 records on 31 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1962	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1962	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1962	Adur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Roldal, NO	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Conceicao, BR	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Nagode, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Etne, NO	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Aurora, BR	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Sviland, NO	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Bakke, NO	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Tennyson, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1962	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1962	Mundo Novo, BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	48 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1962. 1962 had 686 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 20	501
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1