Weather Records on 19 October 1931

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1931. Highest significance: Bombala (Therry Street), AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1931

On 19 October 1931, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 234 daily.
Bombala (Therry Street) set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 19 October 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 19 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 234.

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 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1931

Top 20 records on 19 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1931	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Parks Spring Rch, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1931	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Simferopol, UA	monthly rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Mulbagal, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Bulken, NO	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Norddal, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1931	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	26 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

1806 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1931. 1931 had 236 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 25	187
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1