Weather Records on 17 January 1991

776 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1991. Highest significance: Millville 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 1991

On 17 January 1991, 776 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 748 daily.
Millville 2 SW set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 17 January 1991.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

776 stations

776 station records on 17 January 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lorenzo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yagaburne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Piagui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kumminin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Formosa Do Rio Preto (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bechtelsville 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saugatuck Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyaga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

776 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 17 January 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 17 January 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1991

Top 20 records on 17 January 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1991	Millville 2 SW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Funk Rch, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Wondalli, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Casuarina Vale, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Lorenzo, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Stamford Station, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Yagaburne, AU	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Water Valley, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Pella 1S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Vardoe, NO	monthly high min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Vajda-Guba, RU	monthly high min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Healdsburg, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Cunderdin, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Nangeenan, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Elkedra, AU	all-time rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Colonia Do Piagui, BR	daily rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Putnam Lake, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Kumminin, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1991	Formosa Do Rio Preto (Pcd), BR	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 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

1795 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1991. 1991 had 776 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 20	606
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1