Weather Records on 22 October 1931

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1931. Highest significance: Longreach Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1931

On 22 October 1931, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 264 daily.
Longreach Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 22 October 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 22 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 22 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 22 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1931

Top 20 records on 22 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1931	Longreach Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Albany 1 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Cedarville, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Astoria, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Ashland, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Eugene, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1931	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Upper Mattole, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Ilfracombe Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Macharla, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1931	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 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 272 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	202
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1