Weather Records on 28 January 1965

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1965. Highest significance: Summit, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1965

On 28 January 1965, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 494 daily.
Summit set an all-time record daily precipitation of 150.9 mm (5.9 in) on 28 January 1965.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 28 January 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canary	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ariel Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 January 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 January 1965 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 11, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1965

Top 20 records on 28 January 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1965	Summit, US	all-time rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1965	Corvallis State UNIV, US	all-time rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1965	Union, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1965	Genoa, IT	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Detroit, US	all-time rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Lake Cle Elum, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Mtn Home, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Lake Keechelus, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Newport, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Canary, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Lake Kachess, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1965	Kelso, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 511 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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Data for records on 1965-01-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	338
25 to 50	45
50 to 75	17
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1