Weather Records on 31 January 2026

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2026. Highest significance: Charlotte Douglas AP, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 2026

On 31 January 2026, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 816 daily.
Charlotte Douglas AP set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 31 January 2026.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 31 January 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 6SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Erwin 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morristown WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Sci Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spartanburg 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jocassee 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 87.

Records on 31 January 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	87

Records on 31 January 2026 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 15, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 274.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 2026

Top 20 records on 31 January 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2026	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2026	Greenville, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2026	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Norris, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	122 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Norris, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Sevierville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	127 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	126 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Clay City 6SSE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Erwin 1 W, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	New Bern - ASOS, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Middleboro, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Coweeta Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	High Pt, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2026	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	45 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2026. 2026 had 839 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	590
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1