Weather Records on 9 August 1931

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1931. Highest significance: Bhusaval Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 9 August 1931

On 9 August 1931, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 385 daily.
Bhusaval Sr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.6 mm (5.2 in) on 9 August 1931.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 9 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamau	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 196.

Records on 9 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1931

Top 20 records on 9 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1931	Bhusaval Sr, IN	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Franklin, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Lenox, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Stratton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Adur, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Sakri, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Sitamau, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Elmira, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Barud(Warud), IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Pandherikawara, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Geneva, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Bethany, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1931	Dholera, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1931	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1931	Punalur, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1931	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 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

1798 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1931. 1931 had 399 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 1931-08-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	244
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2