Weather Records on 31 January 1975

1,110 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1975. Highest significance: Stillwater 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 1975

On 31 January 1975, 1,110 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
403 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,057 daily.
Stillwater 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 31 January 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,110 stations

1,110 station records on 31 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Orel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caraguatatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Mine Trading Po	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,110 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 545, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 31 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	545
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 31 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 48, daily 1,057.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

956 broken records

Margins by which the 956 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1975

Top 20 records on 31 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1975	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1975	Orel, RU	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1975	Dumure, ZA	monthly rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1975	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Columbus, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Belgorod, RU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Union, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Caraguatatuba, BR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Elgin, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Sedan, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	El Reno 1 N, US	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Enid, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Fredonia, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1975	Perry, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	50 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1975. 1975 had 1,110 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	930
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1