Weather Records on 31 August 1906

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1906. Highest significance: Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU.

Key Facts for 31 August 1906

On 31 August 1906, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 39 daily.
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line set a monthly record daily precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 31 August 1906.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 31 August 1906 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1906: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cordeaux River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1906 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 36.

Records on 31 August 1906 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1906 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1906

Top 20 records on 31 August 1906 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1906	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1906	Cordeaux River, AU	monthly rain	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1906	Oxford, GB	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Armagh, GB	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Tarcutta, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1906	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Galway, IE	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1906	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

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 1906

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1906. 1906 had 47 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	35
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1