Weather Records on 19 December 1931

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1931. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 19 December 1931

On 19 December 1931, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
608 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 640 daily.
Hvar set a daily record low maximum temperature of 2.0 C (35.6 F) on 19 December 1931.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

650 stations

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

Weather records on 19 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 369, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	369
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1931

Top 20 records on 19 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1931	Hvar, HR	daily low max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Athens, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Asheville, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Dickson, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	University, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Evergreen, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Anchorage, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Berea College, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Marengo, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Bardstown, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	St Ignace, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Newton, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Gympie, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Greensburg, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1931	Grayling, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	39 years	21 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 650 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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Data for records on 1931-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	501
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1