Weather Records on 28 January 1964

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1964. Highest significance: Kotel'nikovo, RU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1964

On 28 January 1964, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 142 daily.
Kotel'nikovo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 28 January 1964.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 28 January 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo Do Potengi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Caiada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kareepoort (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwekraal (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 January 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 January 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1964

Top 20 records on 28 January 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1964	Kotel'nikovo, RU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Cabrobo, BR	monthly rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Palatka, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Lencois, BR	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Salvador, BR	daily rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Port Hastings, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Luiz Correia, BR	all-time rain	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Searsburg Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Lanquedoc, ZA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Crescent City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Manistee 3SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1964	Sao Paulo Do Potengi, BR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1964	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1964	St Augustine, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	60 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

1796 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 148 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	89
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1