Weather Records on 31 January 2017

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2017. Highest significance: Shackleton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 2017

On 31 January 2017, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 561 daily.
Shackleton Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.2 mm (2.6 in) on 31 January 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 31 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Narembeen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thief Rvr Falls 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tawarri West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Rushmore Nmem	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swanara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muresk Agric.College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Mary	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portoroz-Letalisce	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 31 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 31 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 2017

Top 20 records on 31 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2017	Shackleton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	The Granites, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Narembeen, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Hyden, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Rheinfelden, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Quairading, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2017	Gabbin, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Telenning Hill, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Thief Rvr Falls 2, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Mundaring, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Schopfheim-Eichen, DE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Tawarri West, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Kununoppin, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Midland, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Perth Airport, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Ygnattering, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Philipsburg Rs, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Owyhee Dam, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	51 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2017. 2017 had 575 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 2026-10-16 (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 100	462
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1