Weather Records on 8 October 1931

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1931. Highest significance: Achalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 8 October 1931

On 8 October 1931, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 371 daily.
Achalpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 141.5 mm (5.6 in) on 8 October 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 8 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 200.

Records on 8 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 371.

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 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1931

Top 20 records on 8 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1931	Achalpur, IN	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Chiplun, IN	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Sausar, IN	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Casey, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Kholapur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Evergreen, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Devrukh, IN	monthly rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Farmersburg, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Multai, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Khed, IN	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Khanpur, IN	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Anjangaon, IN	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Chandgad, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Greenville, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Khamgaon, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1931	Shegaon, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 391 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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	253
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2