Weather Records on 8 August 1931

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1931. Highest significance: Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 8 August 1931

On 8 August 1931, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 309 daily.
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 242.8 mm (9.6 in) on 8 August 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 8 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	279.7 mm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baxter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sailana	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 8 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1931

Top 20 records on 8 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1931	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Wauneta, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Uran, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Muvattupuzha, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Rock Rapids, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1931	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Ft Duchesne, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Kerkeriya, IN	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Adur, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Mangaon, IN	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Panvel, IN	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1931	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	28 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 318 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	190
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2