Weather Records on 10 December 1931

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1931. Highest significance: Rajakkamangalam, IN.

Key Facts for 10 December 1931

On 10 December 1931, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 309 daily.
Rajakkamangalam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.6 mm (6.5 in) on 10 December 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 10 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 10 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 10 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1931

Top 20 records on 10 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1931	Rajakkamangalam, IN	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Natural Brg, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Attingal, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Udayalipatti, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Srivaikuntam, IN	all-time rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Murphys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Nanjangud, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Pamban, IN	daily rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1931	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 318 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 50	233
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3