Weather Records on 17 July 1931

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1931. Highest significance: Victoria Cp&L, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 1931

On 17 July 1931, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 487 daily.
Victoria Cp&L set a daily record precipitation of 127.3 mm (5.0 in) on 17 July 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 17 July 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 17 July 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1931 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1931

Top 20 records on 17 July 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1931	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Multai, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Harsud, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Banka, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Bundi, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Svirica, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Biser, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Runge, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Heber, US	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1931	Partabgarh, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	Manpur(Tappa), IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1931	Tiruppathur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	28 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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 492 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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	339
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	5