Weather Records on 30 October 1931

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1931. Highest significance: Sullurpet, IN.

Key Facts for 30 October 1931

On 30 October 1931, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 137 daily.
Sullurpet set an all-time record daily precipitation of 307.3 mm (12.1 in) on 30 October 1931.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 30 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 30 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 30 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1931

Top 20 records on 30 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1931	Sullurpet, IN	all-time rain	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Cheyyar, IN	monthly rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1931	Madurantakam, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Ennore Obsy, IN	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Ponneri, IN	monthly rain	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Chingleput, IN	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Tada, IN	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Goodwood Rail STN, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Puttur, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Uttiramerur, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1931	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	24 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

1799 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1931. 1931 had 144 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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	104
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3