Weather Records on 27 July 1931

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1931. Highest significance: Frances, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1931

On 27 July 1931, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 396 daily.
Frances set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 27 July 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 27 July 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 27 July 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1931 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 15, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1931

Top 20 records on 27 July 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1931	Frances, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Bakke, NO	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Nairne, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1931	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Viroqua, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Eau Claire, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Woodside, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Aseral, NO	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Sullurpet, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Amenia, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1931	Escondido, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	27 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1931. 1931 had 429 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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 10	299
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1