Weather Records on 31 January 1996

1,594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1996. Highest significance: Timber Creek Police, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1996

On 31 January 1996, 1,594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 984 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,503 daily.
Timber Creek Police set a daily record precipitation of 120.5 mm (4.7 in) on 31 January 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,594 stations

1,594 station records on 31 January 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gallatin Gateway 10SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-48.3 C (-54.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coalinga	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,594 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 547, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 437, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 31 January 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	547
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	437
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 31 January 1996 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 69, daily 1,503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,238 broken records

Margins by which the 1,238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1996

Top 20 records on 31 January 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1996	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1996	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1996	Gallatin Gateway 10SSW, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1996	Shoshone, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Pyramid, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Ghost Rch, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Winter Park, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Experiment, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Pyramid, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Golden, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Davenport, US	all-time low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Anderson Dam, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Climax, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Marquette, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Yampa, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1996	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	44 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1996. 1996 had 1,594 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 1996-01-31: 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 50	1,173
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1