Weather Records on 31 October 1919

112 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1919. Highest significance: Ottawa, CA.

Key Facts for 31 October 1919

On 31 October 1919, 112 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 100 daily.
Ottawa set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 31 October 1919.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

112 stations

112 station records on 31 October 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

112 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 31 October 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 31 October 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

94 broken records

Margins by which the 94 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1919

Top 20 records on 31 October 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1919	St Albans, CA	monthly snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1919	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1919	Gorlitz, DE	monthly snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1919	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1919	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Toronto, CA	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Brome, CA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Pine Bluff, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	monthly high max	39.9 C (103.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Plauen, DE	monthly snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	St Albans, CA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1919	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	37 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1919. 1919 had 112 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 20	86
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1