Weather Records on 31 August 1931

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1931. Highest significance: Zira, IN.

Key Facts for 31 August 1931

On 31 August 1931, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 186 daily.
Zira set an all-time record daily precipitation of 242.6 mm (9.6 in) on 31 August 1931.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 31 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Siwana	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 99.

Records on 31 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1931

Top 20 records on 31 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1931	Zira, IN	all-time rain	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1931	Batala, IN	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Marshall, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Szeged, HU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Boonville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Fairmont, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1931	Narasimharajapura, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Dapoli, IN	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Trenton, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Navapur, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Caguas, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Dover, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Shahada, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Jamner, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Medford, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1931	Bulsar Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	22 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 192 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	137
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1