Weather Records on 31 January 1986

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1986. Highest significance: Glen Ruth Station, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1986

On 31 January 1986, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
408 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 600 daily.
Glen Ruth Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 250.0 mm (9.8 in) on 31 January 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 31 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Ruth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ivaipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balsa Do Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocco	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.8 mm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plano Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 31 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 31 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1986

Top 20 records on 31 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1986	Glen Ruth Station, AU	all-time rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1986	Lugano, CH	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Milan, IT	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Modesto AP, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Anvil Rch, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Utuado, PR	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Coldwater, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Richfield, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Laguna, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Woolgorong, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Roma Ciampino, IT	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Parker, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Scipio, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Chorozinho, BR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	New Harmony, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Auburn, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Quincy, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1986	Redlands, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	35 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1986. 1986 had 616 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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Data for records on 1986-01-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	437
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2