Weather Records on 21 December 1931

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1931. Highest significance: Punganur, IN.

Key Facts for 21 December 1931

On 21 December 1931, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 545 daily.
Punganur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 21 December 1931.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 21 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1931

Top 20 records on 21 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1931	Punganur, IN	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Rayachoti, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Arkonam, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Gudur, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Uttiramerur, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Puttur, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1931	Palamner, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Chittoor, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Tindivanam, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Mercanam, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Chandragiri, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Haripad, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Rapur, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1931	Harur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	28 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 556 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	439
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1