Weather Records on 31 October 1941

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1941. Highest significance: Nacogdoches, US.

Key Facts for 31 October 1941

On 31 October 1941, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 479 daily.
Nacogdoches set a monthly record daily precipitation of 231.9 mm (9.1 in) on 31 October 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 31 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.3 mm (7.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thurman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 31 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 31 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 55, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1941

Top 20 records on 31 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1941	Nacogdoches, US	monthly rain	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1941	Alicedale, ZA	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1941	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	monthly rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Arkansas City, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Robeline, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Logansport, US	monthly rain	195.3 mm (7.7 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Crockett, US	all-time rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Calhoun 2 N, US	monthly rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Arcadia, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Portland, US	all-time rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Minden, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Onawa 3NW, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1941	Duck Hill, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1941. 1941 had 536 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 50	436
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1