Weather Records on 31 January 1968

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1968. Highest significance: Booby Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1968

On 31 January 1968, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 520 daily.
Booby Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 141.5 mm (5.6 in) on 31 January 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 31 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basantpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Grove 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.2 C (113.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reno AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 31 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 31 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 1, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1968

Top 20 records on 31 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1968	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Franca, BR	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Valencia, ES	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Putbus, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Palmyra, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Basantpur, IN	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	New Brunswick Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Daly River Police, AU	daily rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Tracy Carbona, US	all-time rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Monroe City, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Cherry Grove 2 S, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Muccan, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Tapera, BR	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1968	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	36 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

1800 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1968. 1968 had 524 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	400
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1