Weather Records on 31 January 1971

1,506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1971. Highest significance: Annanvale, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1971

On 31 January 1971, 1,506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
599 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 141 monthly and 1,355 daily.
Annanvale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 269.0 mm (10.6 in) on 31 January 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,506 stations

1,506 station records on 31 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,506 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 416, Lowest daily maximum 254, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 485, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 31 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	416
Lowest daily maximum	254
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	485
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 31 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 141, daily 1,355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,241 broken records

Margins by which the 1,241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1971

Top 20 records on 31 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1971	Annanvale, AU	monthly rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Barmah East, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1971	Hay (Eurolie), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Springfields, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Pallamallawa Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Deniliquin Norwood, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Williams, AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Rowena (Bungara), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Somerton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1971	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	54 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1971. 1971 had 1,506 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	1,200
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1