Weather Records on 19 August 1931

207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1931. Highest significance: Barmer, IN.

Key Facts for 19 August 1931

On 19 August 1931, 207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 205 daily.
Barmer set a daily record precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 19 August 1931.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

207 stations

207 station records on 19 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Radhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

207 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 19 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 205.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1931

Top 20 records on 19 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1931	Barmer, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1931	Bhore(Borch), IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1931	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1931	Pal-Lahara, IN	daily rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1931	Madison, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1931	Talcher, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Jaisalmer, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Callaville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Duck Hill, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Sheo, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Sanklespur, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Herrs Island Dam, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Chowghat, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1931	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	24 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

1797 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1931. 1931 had 207 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	130
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1