Weather Records on 3 August 1931

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1931. Highest significance: Alamogordo 1, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1931

On 3 August 1931, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 306 daily.
Alamogordo 1 set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 3 August 1931.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 3 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsu	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 3 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1931

Top 20 records on 3 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1931	Alamogordo 1, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Pawhuska, US	monthly rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Kallakurichi, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Pauta Amaria, IN	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Beberu, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Neosho, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1931	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Pallamallawa 2, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Chatsu, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Biskra, DZ	monthly high min	34.0 C (93.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1931	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	26 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

1815 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1931. 1931 had 313 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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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	202
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1