Weather Records on 31 January 2001

1,061 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2001. Highest significance: Potts Hill Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 2001

On 31 January 2001, 1,061 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,015 daily.
Potts Hill Reservoir set a monthly record daily precipitation of 207.0 mm (8.1 in) on 31 January 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,061 stations

1,061 station records on 31 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Yandaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Liverpool(Whitlam Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lucas Heights (Ansto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Oratava A	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Hills (Collins St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cattle Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Shell Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnell (Caltex Oil Refinery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castlereagh (Castlereagh Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Hills Lanhams Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Mallowa (Narba))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Revesby (Paten Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Mountain (Grandview Lane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eastwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warralakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda (Croppa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,061 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 31 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 31 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 42, daily 1,015.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 2001

Top 20 records on 31 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2001	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	90 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 January 2001	Pipestone, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Yandaburra, AU	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	93 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Delaware, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	102 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Wasco, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Lviv, UA	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave), AU	monthly rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Bankstown Airport AWS, AU	monthly rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Canadian, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2001	Bingara (Derra Derra), AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2001	Liverpool(Whitlam Centre), AU	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2001	Lucas Heights (Ansto), AU	monthly rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2001	West Pennant Hills (Oratava A, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2001	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2001	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	56 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2001. 2001 had 1,061 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	809
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1