Weather Records on 13 October 1931

317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1931. Highest significance: Mount Florance, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1931

On 13 October 1931, 317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 309 daily.
Mount Florance set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 13 October 1931.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

317 stations

317 station records on 13 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogha	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

317 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 13 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1931

Top 20 records on 13 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1931	Mount Florance, AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Palitana, IN	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Charleston, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Chiplun, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Roebourne, AU	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Dapoli, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Pana, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Kurwai, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Serampore, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	Casey, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1931	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Pisangan, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Greenville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Gogha, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Uri, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1931	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 317 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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 10	180
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	2