Weather Records on 31 July 1928

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1928. Highest significance: Mascoutah, US.

Key Facts for 31 July 1928

On 31 July 1928, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 140 daily.
Mascoutah set a daily record precipitation of 67.6 mm (2.7 in) on 31 July 1928.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 31 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 31 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1928

Top 20 records on 31 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1928	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1928	Greenville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1928	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Armagh, GB	daily low min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Vinga, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Jacksonville 2E, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Rushville, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Toccoa, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Carlinville, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Galway, IE	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Hay River, CA	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Mohonk Lake, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Gavle, SE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Pana, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1928	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	21 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

1804 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1928. 1928 had 145 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

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Data for records on 1928-07-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	89
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1