Weather Records on 18 July 1931

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1931. Highest significance: Kekri, IN.

Key Facts for 18 July 1931

On 18 July 1931, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 376 daily.
Kekri set an all-time record daily precipitation of 313.7 mm (12.4 in) on 18 July 1931.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 18 July 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	313.7 mm (12.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 18 July 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1931 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1931

Top 20 records on 18 July 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1931	Kekri, IN	all-time rain	313.7 mm (12.4 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	19 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1931	Mahabalipuram Obsy, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Blanco, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Deoli, IN	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	London South, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	Manohar Thana, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1931	New Bremen, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Anchorage, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Pardi, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Prantij, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1931	Lampasas, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	26 years	30 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 382 records.

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

Records on 07-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1801	1
1845	1
1847	1
1851	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	1
1866	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	6
1898	2
1899	3
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	14
1904	7
1905	22
1906	13
1907	12
1908	39
1909	11
1910	33
1911	42
1912	28
1913	21
1914	47
1915	95
1916	235
1917	265
1918	58
1919	38
1920	59
1921	67
1922	138
1923	126
1924	306
1925	217
1926	191
1927	85
1928	108
1929	123
1930	462
1931	382
1932	343
1933	228
1934	502
1935	212
1936	665
1937	334
1938	306
1939	424
1940	352
1941	349
1942	661
1943	277
1944	333
1945	350
1946	334
1947	385
1948	289
1949	521
1950	632
1951	307
1952	597
1953	493
1954	501
1955	423
1956	466
1957	325
1958	475
1959	548
1960	669
1961	280
1962	516
1963	269
1964	523
1965	707
1966	545
1967	735
1968	998
1969	590
1970	530
1971	625
1972	701
1973	976
1974	729
1975	643
1976	1,047
1977	839
1978	881
1979	821
1980	747
1981	624
1982	749
1983	1,071
1984	1,000
1985	582
1986	908
1987	1,845
1988	1,001
1989	1,233
1990	1,053
1991	589
1992	1,135
1993	1,013
1994	720
1995	904
1996	1,157
1997	785
1998	1,169
1999	900
2000	1,214
2001	909
2002	840
2003	1,159
2004	985
2005	1,210
2006	1,285
2007	1,267
2008	593
2009	1,757
2010	878
2011	1,148
2012	1,070
2013	921
2014	1,348
2015	745
2016	609
2017	426
2018	699
2019	548
2020	361
2021	676
2022	1,071
2023	867
2024	581
2025	779
2026	806

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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	247
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1