Weather Records on 1 December 1931

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1931. Highest significance: Morven Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1931

On 1 December 1931, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 318 daily.
Morven Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 1 December 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 1 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ledknapper Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 1 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 1 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1931

Top 20 records on 1 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1931	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Clunes, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Palermo, IT	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1931	Ft Stockton 1, US	all-time snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Dinby, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	El Paso, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Collerina (Corrella), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Ledknapper Tank, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1931	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	25 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

1797 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1931. 1931 had 337 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	268
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2