Weather Records on 28 January 2014

871 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 2014. Highest significance: Paauilo 221, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 2014

On 28 January 2014, 871 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 514 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 853 daily.
Paauilo 221 set a daily record precipitation of 171.5 mm (6.8 in) on 28 January 2014.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

871 stations

871 station records on 28 January 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manteo AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

871 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 320, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 28 January 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	320
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 28 January 2014 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 2014

Top 20 records on 28 January 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 2014	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2014	Dnipropetrovsk, UA	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2014	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Lindesnes Fyr, NO	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Rock Mills, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Aneityum, VU	daily rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Warsaw, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Cheboygan, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	118 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Rock Mills, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Charlevoix, US	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2014	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	98 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

1796 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2014. 2014 had 871 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	699
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1