Weather Records on 31 January 1988

1,582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1988. Highest significance: Mc Henry 3W, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 1988

On 31 January 1988, 1,582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,163 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,519 daily.
Mc Henry 3W set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 31 January 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,582 stations

1,582 station records on 31 January 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ugerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Varketily	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,582 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 512, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 651, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 31 January 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	512
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	651
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 31 January 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 62, daily 1,519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,363 broken records

Margins by which the 1,363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1988

Top 20 records on 31 January 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1988	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1988	Alto Uruguai, BR	monthly rain	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Calarasi, RO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Izmail, UA	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Hastings, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Sedan, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Ugerup, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Three Rivers, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Defiance, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Manistee 3SE, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Varketily, GE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1988	Lamar 7N, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	91 years	43 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1988. 1988 had 1,582 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 1988-01-31: 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	1,307
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1