Weather Records on 31 October 1916

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1916. Highest significance: Pitea, SE.

Key Facts for 31 October 1916

On 31 October 1916, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 71 daily.
Pitea set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 31 October 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 31 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsons Mount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 31 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 71.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1916

Top 20 records on 31 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1916	Pitea, SE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1916	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1916	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1916	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1916	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1916	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Queenstown, ZA	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Umea, SE	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1916	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 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

1805 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1916. 1916 had 72 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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 5	46
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1