Weather Records on 13 August 1931

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1931. Highest significance: Ai-Petri, UA.

Key Facts for 13 August 1931

On 13 August 1931, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 411 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 584 daily.
Ai-Petri set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 13 August 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 13 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 306, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 13 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	306
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1931

Top 20 records on 13 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1931	Ai-Petri, UA	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Jennings, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Byad, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Biser, RU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Abbeville, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Sanand, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Plain Dealing, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Delaware, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Schriever, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1931	Amite, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1931	Grand Coteau, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1931	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1931	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1931	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	49 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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 596 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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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	443
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2