Weather Records on 31 October 1940

248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1940. Highest significance: Austwell, US.

Key Facts for 31 October 1940

On 31 October 1940, 248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 230 daily.
Austwell set a daily record precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 31 October 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

248 stations

248 station records on 31 October 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugahara Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

248 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 31 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 31 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1940

Top 20 records on 31 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1940	Austwell, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Sugahara Camp, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Hull, GB	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Elsenburg, ZA	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1940	Northdown (Hamley), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Marshall, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Chemnitz, DE	monthly low min	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Corsicana, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Tomsk, RU	monthly low min	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Alexandria, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Childress 3 W, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Minsk, BY	daily low min	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1940	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	27 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

1805 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1940. 1940 had 248 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	169
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1