Weather Records on 14 August 1931

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1931. Highest significance: Igatpuri, IN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1931

On 14 August 1931, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 399 daily.
Igatpuri set a daily record precipitation of 179.1 mm (7.1 in) on 14 August 1931.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 14 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 183, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 14 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	183
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1931

Top 20 records on 14 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1931	Igatpuri, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Pollachi, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Independence, US	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Marshallville 6 S, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1931	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Katol, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Melville, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Jennings, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Sirsi, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Pala, IN	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Robeline, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1931	Natchez, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	33 years	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 410 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	324
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1