Weather Records on 23 August 1931

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1931. Highest significance: Khandwa, IN.

Key Facts for 23 August 1931

On 23 August 1931, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 391 daily.
Khandwa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 161.5 mm (6.4 in) on 23 August 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 23 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 23 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1931

Top 20 records on 23 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1931	Khandwa, IN	monthly rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Dharni, IN	daily rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Millsboro, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Harsud, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Woodstock, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Armagh, GB	daily low min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1931	Hvar, HR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Telhara, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Sindkheda, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Fallston, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Weldon, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1931	Parks Spring Rch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	30 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 412 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	287
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2