Weather Records on 22 August 1931

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1931. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1931

On 22 August 1931, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 378 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 22 August 1931.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 22 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 22 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1931

Top 20 records on 22 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1931	Lexington, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Barwani, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Malkapur, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Buchanan, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Baihar, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Solomons, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Jhajjar, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1931	Baroda, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1931	Lynchburg - Coop, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1931	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1931	Neemkathana, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1931	Radford, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1931	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	31 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

1802 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1931. 1931 had 388 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	267
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3