Weather Records on 31 January 1972

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1972. Highest significance: Eastland, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 1972

On 31 January 1972, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 416 daily.
Eastland set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 31 January 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 31 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bauru (Pdv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cross Plains	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 31 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 31 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1972

Top 20 records on 31 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1972	Eastland, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Hatch, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Beja, PT	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Browning, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Kenai AP, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	La Poza Grande, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Talkeetna AP, US	daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Podor, SN	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Deming, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Pecos, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Putnam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Olho Dagua, BR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Pombal, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Malvern, GB	daily low min	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1972	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1972. 1972 had 426 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 100	342
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1