Weather Records on 31 August 1936

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1936. Highest significance: Whitehead, CA.

Key Facts for 31 August 1936

On 31 August 1936, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 218 daily.
Whitehead set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 31 August 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 31 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bolangir	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 31 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 218.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 202.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1936

Top 20 records on 31 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1936	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	St Georges, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Lakhnadon, IN	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Austin Montopolis Brg, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Dundullimal, AU	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Khairee, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Norddal, NO	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1936	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Vidisha, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Tarboro 1 S, US	monthly low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Escalante, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Bolangir, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1936	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	24 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

1796 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 226 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	162
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1