Weather Records on 25 August 1931

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1931. Highest significance: Kunzelsau, DE.

Key Facts for 25 August 1931

On 25 August 1931, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 242 daily.
Kunzelsau set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 25 August 1931.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 25 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 99.

Records on 25 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1931

Top 20 records on 25 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1931	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Matar, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Uccle, BE	monthly low max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	St Augustine, US	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1931	Jayamkondam, IN	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Nadiad, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Caguas, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Bilara, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1931	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 251 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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	168
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1