Weather Records on 1 August 1931

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1931. Highest significance: Bordeaux-Merignac, FR.

Key Facts for 1 August 1931

On 1 August 1931, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 356 daily.
Bordeaux-Merignac set a daily record precipitation of 40.2 mm (1.6 in) on 1 August 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 1 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vagra	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 1 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1931

Top 20 records on 1 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1931	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1931	Salisbury, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1931	Sausar, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1931	Araria, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1931	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1931	Oneonta 1 S, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Muskegon Co AP, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Treherne, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Mahim, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Castlewood, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Farmington 3NW, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Fremont, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Bottineau, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Minnedosa, CA	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Pakribarwan, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Galva, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1931	Chiplun, IN	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	23 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

1797 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1931. 1931 had 362 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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	249
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1