Weather Records on 31 December 1932

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1932. Highest significance: Sidney 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1932

On 31 December 1932, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 387 daily.
Sidney 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 31 December 1932.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 31 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
West Berne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harkness	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 31 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 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

31 December 1932

Top 20 records on 31 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1932	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Springfield Elmwood Av, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Greensburg, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Marengo, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Rogers, US	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Oberlin, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Avon, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Marion, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Circleville, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Ashwood, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1932	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1932	Moores Hill, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1932	Delaware, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1932	Brome, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1932	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	33 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1932. 1932 had 394 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	316
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1