Weather Records on 31 January 2006

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2006. Highest significance: Elliot, ZA.

Key Facts for 31 January 2006

On 31 January 2006, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 681 daily.
Elliot set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.7 mm (4.8 in) on 31 January 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 31 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potomac Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bangdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Breivoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Utgard	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seemore Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Afyon	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pago Pago WSO AP	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okayama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sigonella	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hirado	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leksvik - Myran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.3 C (-22.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-49.0 C (-56.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.3 C (-29.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mar del Plata Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gangca	China	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 261, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 31 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	261
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 31 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 2006

Top 20 records on 31 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2006	Elliot, ZA	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 January 2006	Eyre, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2006	Crandall Creek, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Skjaekerfossen, NO	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Potomac Fltr Plt, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Bangdalen, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Vera, NO	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Breivoll, NO	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	142 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Otteroy, NO	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Utgard, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Sveg, SE	daily high min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2006	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2006. 2006 had 722 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 2026-10-17 (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	552
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1