Weather Records on 28 January 1976

972 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1976. Highest significance: Windham 3 E, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1976

On 28 January 1976, 972 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 944 daily.
Windham 3 E set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 28 January 1976.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

972 stations

972 station records on 28 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	244.2 mm (9.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	320.4 mm (12.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Rio Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	329.3 mm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juquitiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sodrelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

972 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 28 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 28 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 760.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1976

Top 20 records on 28 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1976	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1976	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1976	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Eastport, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Tafjord, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Gilman, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Usina Itatinga, BR	daily rain	244.2 mm (9.6 in)	173.9 mm (6.8 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Represa Itatinga, BR	daily rain	320.4 mm (12.6 in)	220.4 mm (8.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Port Hastings, CA	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Keene, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Lancaster, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Podor, SN	daily low max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Bethlehem, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	First Connecticut Lake, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Hubbardston, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1976	Usina Rio Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	329.3 mm (13.0 in)	272.6 mm (10.7 in)	10 years	46 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 972 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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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	767
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	3
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	2