Weather Records on 21 July 1931

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1931. Highest significance: Gonda, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 1931

On 21 July 1931, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 522 daily.
Gonda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 257.3 mm (10.1 in) on 21 July 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 21 July 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	257.3 mm (10.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basaunti	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hansot	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Government Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 340.

Records on 21 July 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1931 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 13, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1931

Top 20 records on 21 July 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1931	Gonda, IN	all-time rain	257.3 mm (10.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Saidapet, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Lowville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Tiruttani, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Salisbury, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	New Madrid, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	N Ghasan Sr, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Basaunti, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Minsk, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Hansot, IN	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1931	Covelong, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 549 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).